Nancy Matthews,whose exhibitions of Iranian art in 2001 and 2007 came during years of a diplomatic standoff, tells Alexandra Glorioso the means are more important than the endIn November 1999, and on her first visit to Iran,Nancy Matthews arrived at Tehran airport at 3 o’clock in the morning. Susan Koscis followed directly behind her. As far as they knew, they were only the moment group of Americans to visit since the hostage crisis. Koscis had been section of the first group to visit Iran just a few years earlier, or had prepared Nancy as best she could. Both women were working to restart a conversation between Iran and America that had gone cold decades before. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com