August 7, 2025
“Miyan”—the studio offers an ongoing exploration of body and mind through practice and experience. The idea for “Miyan” grew from a simple, honest need: the lack of a place in the heart of the city to pause, step away from the rush, and just be—without pressure, without performance. A place to reconnect with the body, time and creativity; not to achieve a specific outcome, but to be present, to feel, to experience....
July 9, 2025
Reflecting current contemporary creation, the “Talents Contemporains” competition, initiated more than 10 years ago by the François Schneider Foundation, enables the European and international artistic scenes to be explored on the particular theme of water. An original collection has thus been built up, presenting artists who have graduated from art schools as well as atypical self-taught artists. Nearly 90 works now form a singular ensemble that runs counter to certain institutional trends, exhibited both in the art center and increasingly...
April 9, 2025
For its third participation at Art Dubai, O Gallery presents works by Iranian artists Donya Aalipour (b. 1995 Tehran, lives and works in Austria), Armin Ebrahimi (b. 1984 Tehran, lives and works in Tehran), Ali Ganjavi (b. 1980 Sari, lives and works in Tehran), Ali Nassir (b. 1951 Tehran, lives and works in Berlin) and Ashkan Sanei (b. 1984 Urumieh, lives and works in Tehran). Through a blend of historical references, symbolism and reflection on contemporary social issues, these artists...
April 16, 2024
Nature’s Renewal, a collaboration between O Galley (Tehran) and Ronewa Art Projects (Berlin) is an exhibition of works by six Iranian artists whose works explore the theme of nature/landscape in different ways. A similar exhibition was originally set to take place in August 2023 at Ronewa Art Projects but was postponed. The current exhibition will take place during Berlin’s Art Week concurrent with Paper Positions Berlin, where O Gallery will be showcasing different works by two of the artists in...
November 3, 2023
Introducing O Gallery, Authority Magazine interviewed Orkideh Daroodi around the subject of successful women founders. In this conversation, Daroodi talks about setbacks and advantages of women being entrepreneurs. Sharing her personal experiences, as one of the women gallerists and founders in Iran, she speaks about hardships, capacities, and preventive wrong beliefs along this path....
November 3, 2023
In an interview with “FAB L’STYLE”, Orkideh Daroodi talks about Iranian galleries’ issues during the events of the past year. She openly speaks about the issues and the reasons of O Gallery’s hosting shows during the upheavals last year, covering both sides and point of views on the operation of galleries during that time. Daroodi also talks about the role of galleries in Iranian art society and the importance of physical display of works despite the advancement of virtual presentations...