Farideh Lashai| Umm Kulthum| Charlie Chaplin| Leila Heller Gallery|

Farideh Lashai, Umm Kulthum, Charlie Chaplin at Leila Heller Gallery | Video

The video art presents an odd and gloomy depiction of the Middle East and was sold in $72,000 at the Christie's Dubai auction in October 2011 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. "El Amal" is reputed to have been the first piece of video art sold at Christie's Middle East.

Doc depicting Charlie Chaplin’s bittersweet world premieres at TMCA

An Iranian documentary that delves into the bittersweet world of Charlie Chaplin premiered on Thursday at the Cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA).