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March 9, 2022

PaykanArtCar pop-up exhibition March 10 – 12, 2022 | Daily Hive

PaykanArtCar is being exhibited at Salon Richmond in Montreal on Thursday, March 10 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Read More

March 9, 2022

PaykanArtCar pop-up March 10 – 12, 2022 | Global News

The PaykanArtCar is exhibiting at Salon Richmond. This historic 1974 Paykan Hillman Hunter was once a gift from the Shah of Iran to Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and has been transformed into a vehicle for human rights. Painted by Iranian artist and activist Alireza Shojaian, the car calls attention to… Read More

March 7, 2022

The PaykanArtCar will be exhibited at the Salon Richmond in Montréal from March 10 to 12

(Montréal, Québec) — The PaykanArtCar will be exhibited in Montréal at the Salon Richmond for three days, from March 10 to 12. PaykanArtCar is a non-profit, non-partizan organization which unites the talents of contemporary Iranian artists with a symbol of Iranian pride, the Paykan automobile, to advocate for human rights… Read More

March 7, 2022

La PaykanArtCar sera exposée au Salon Richmond à Montréal du 10 au 12 mars

(Montréal, Québec) — La PaykanArtCar sera exposée à Montréal, au Salon Richmond, durant trois jours, du 10 au 12 mars. PaykanArtCar est une organisation non partisane et à but non lucratif qui réunit les talents d’artistes contemporains iraniens avec un emblème de la fierté iranienne – la voiture Paykan –… Read More

March 6, 2022

توقف سه‌روزه تور «پیکان آرت» در مونترال در اعتراض به نقض حقوق دگرباشان ایران | Journal Hafteh

علیرضا شجاعیان نقاش ایرانی ساکن فرانسه، تازه‌ترین اثر هنری خود؛ پروژه «پیکان آرت» که در قالب تور بین‌المللی با موضوع نقض حقوق جامعه دگرباشان ایران به نمایش گذاشته شده است را به مونترال کانادا می‌آورد. Read More

March 2, 2022

Un artiste iranien utilise l’emblématique voiture Paykan comme canevas pour lutter contre la persécution | fugues

Depuis la fin des années 1960, la Paykan, la première automobile produite en Iran, est un symbole fort et une fierté nationale. Et bien que la voiture ne soit plus en production depuis des années, on peut encore voir aujourd’hui des Paykans rouler dans les rues de Téhéran et certaines… Read More

March 1, 2022

PaykanArtCar Expresses Its Anger Towards Iran’s Supreme Leader’s Comments On The LGBTQ+ Community

PaykanArtCar expresses its outrage and consternation at Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s latest diatribe against the LGBTQ+ community. In a televized address to the Iranian people, Ali Khamenei – Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 – described homosexuality as a widespread symbol of moral deprivation and the… Read More

February 2, 2022

Campaign Targeting Paykan on Instagram Leads to Content Removal and Censorship

Last week, an Instagram post by PaykanArtCar marking its participation in the Ai Weiwei Run For Your Rights Campaign was removed from the advocacy campaign’s hashtag #RunForOurRights in an apparently coordinated campaign to silence pro-Iranian LGTBQ+ voices. Read More

January 20, 2022

PaykanArtCar remembers the victims of Flight 752

On the second anniversary of the Flight 752 atrocity, PaykartCar expresses solidarity with the Canadian government which continues to seek truth and justice in the face of Iran’s obstructionism and calls on the international community not to forget the 176 innocent lives lost on January 8, 2020. Read More

January 2, 2022

The PaykanArtCar is putting LGBTQ+ rights for Iranians on the map | Los Angeles Blade

Shojaian’s art is becoming a symbol for Iranian LGBTQ+ rights around the world, even though it made its world debut in only October… Read More

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