
Bidoun will miss Robert Shapazian, who passed away in June. Robert was the founding director of the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles, where he worked for ten years. He was also, in the time we knew him, a great supporter of Bidoun and a friend to us all. Though Robert was a fixture in the art world, he remained deeply skeptical, relentlessly ironic, and detached from its excesses. The result was the stuff of great comedy. We will miss him dearly.
Read Robert Shapazian in conversation with Anna Boghiguian from Bidoun #08, Interviews.

Seven Cities
1971, 15 min
The Rook
1974, 10 min
Malek Khorshid
1975, 16 min
Zal and Simorgh
1977, 24 min
Coalition
2004, 11 min
Four rare animations have been added to Malek Khorshid on BubuWeb. Ali Akbar Sadeghi (b. 1937) is an Iranian painter, animator and illustrator. A founding member of Kanoon, Sadeghi is most famous for his mixture of traditional miniature style with the surreal.
Special thanks to Arash Sadeghi!
Watch Ali Akbar Sadeghi animations on UbuWeb
June 15, 2010

Bidoun congratulates Antonia Carver, Director of Bidoun Projects and Editor-at-Large, who has just been appointed director of Art Dubai. Antonia has been with Bidoun since its inception in 2004. She led our Projects wing, from initiating workshops to launching the Bidoun Library and Project Space to managing managing bidoun’s roster of performances, commissions, and video programs. We already miss Antonia, but are thrilled that she will join the board of Bidoun Projects and continue to be part of our family.