Frieze London 2026 | "Letters from Iran": Group Presentation
14 - 18 October 2026 Art Fairs
Overview
Frieze London 2026 | 'Letters from Iran', Group Presentation

A group presentation of works presented by Dastan Gallery, Booth A06 at FRIEZE London 2026.

  • Title: Letters from Iran
  • Booth No:  A06
  • List of Artists: Behjat Sadr, Parviz Tanavoli, Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Farideh Lashai, Koorosh Shishegaran, Fereydoun Ave, Mohammad Hossein Maher, Bita Fayyazi, Reza Aramesh, Farrokh Mahdavi, Pooya Aryanpour, Sahand Hesamiyan, Meghdad Lorpour, Mamali Shafahi & Domenico Gutknecht, Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Arghavan Khosravi, Maryam Ayeen & Abbas Shahsavar, Asal Peirovi, and Maryam Hoseini.
Works
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bita Fayyazi, Mischievous Incubus of Lore, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mamali Shafahi & Domenico Gutknecht, Apple, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mamali Shafahi & Domenico Gutknecht, Birds, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mamali Shafahi & Domenico Gutknecht, Bloom, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Meghdad Lorpour, Returning, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Fereydoun Ave, Roots, 2014
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Fereydoun Ave, Bitterness of Old Age, 2019
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sahand Hesamiyan, Fanoos IV, 2025
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sahand Hesamiyan, Fanoos III, 2025
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sahand Hesamiyan, Fanoos V, 2025
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Asal Peirovi, Overflow, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maryam Ayeen and Abbas Shahsavar, Pharaoh’s Dream, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Behjat Sadr, Untitled, Circa 1982
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Pooya Aryanpour, From "Fruit of Elysian" Series, 2025
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arghavan Khosravi, Four Stages of Hope, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arghavan Khosravi, What Grows Beyond, 2025
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mohammad Hossein Maher, Untitled, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Koorosh Shishegaran, Portrait, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Reza Aramesh, Action 730: At 5:09 pm, Thursday 06 February 2014, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farideh Lashai, Untitled, 1990
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farideh Lashai, Untitled from the "Pomegranates and Trees" Series, 2010
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Parviz Tanavoli, Heech Garden, 2015
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Array, 1998
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Green Demons, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ali Akbar Sadeghi, White Demons, 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Maryam Hoseini, Mirror Spell, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Crawling Back to You, 2022-2023
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Energy, Energy and Energy, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Powerful Beyond Measure, Energy Beyond Measure, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farrokh Mahdavi, Untitled, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farrokh Mahdavi, Untitled, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farrokh Mahdavi, Untitled, 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Farrokh Mahdavi, Untitled, 2026
Bita Fayyazi, Mischievous Incubus of Lore, 2022
Installation Views
Press release
At Booth A06 of Frieze London 2026, Dastan presents Letters from Iran”. The evolving presentation includes works by Behjat Sadr, Parviz Tanavoli, Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Farideh Lashai, Koorosh Shishegaran, Fereydoun Ave, Mohammad Hossein Maher, Bita Fayyazi, Reza Aramesh, Farrokh Mahdavi, Pooya Aryanpour, Sahand Hesamiyan, Meghdad Lorpour, Mamali Shafahi & Domenico Gutknecht, Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, Arghavan Khosravi, Maryam Ayeen & Abbas Shahsavar, Asal Peirovi, and Maryam Hoseini. The booth brings together artists from different generations whose practices have developed across shifting historical and social conditions in Iran.
The presentation considers resilience not as endurance in the face of adversity, but as a continual process of transformation, through which memory, loss, violence, and displacement are absorbed into the image and given another form. In bringing together practices spanning several decades, Dastan foregrounds individual artistic trajectories and how they have persisted while continually adapting to new historical realities.
Envisioned as a collection of letters, the presentation takes into account the unique individuality of each artwork and its artist’s practice, rather than merely contextualizing it within the scope of a specific setting. In this sense, the works transcend time and space to focus on a persisting force: resilience.
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