Ali Banisadr, the Iranian American artist, draws inspiration from seventeenth-century Persian manuscript illustrations, mosaics, and European history paintings in his luscious and mesmerizingly complex canvases. On the occasion of the installation of his artwork Return to Mother at Mathey College, Banisadr will join Mitra Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, in conversation.  

Ali Banisadr, “Return to Mother,” 2022. © Ali Banisadr / photo: Genevieve Hanson, courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul