Obituary: Monir Farmanfarmaian, the artist who opened the world’s eyes to Iran

Roland Hughes | bbc.com | 28th April 2019

An encounter with traditional cut-glass mosaics in an Iranian mosque changed Farmanfarmaian’s career. Thereafter she blazed a trail of allying “modernist abstraction with Islamic ornament.” This brought international acclaim as well as decades-long exile from Iran. Times change – a museum dedicated to her “lucent” work recently opened in Tehran. Images are here.