Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist First Look
March 15 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Experience the Katonah Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist before it opens to the public! The first major U.S. museum survey of contemporary artist Ali Banisadr, this landmark exhibition encompasses nearly twenty years of the artist’s singular practice. Banisadr creates complex, turbulent worlds rich with references from across art, history, philosophy, world events, and mythology – as well as references to our own tempestuous times. An illustrated catalogue, distributed by Yale University Press, accompanies the exhibition. Light refreshments will be served.
For members of the KMA’s Curator’s Circle and above and special guests of the Museum.
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Exhibition Sponsorship:
The exhibition and publication are made possible with support from the Katherine C. and David E. Moore Exhibition Fund and The Director’s Circle of the Katonah Museum of Art: Paul Bird and Amy Parsons, Lisa Lustgarten Byala, Mike Davies, Isabelle Harnoncourt Feigen, Virginia L. Gold, Kirsti Kroener and Nicholas Kronfeld, Linda Nordberg, Yvonne S. Pollack, Rebecca Samberg, and Richard and Audrey Zinman. Additional support has been provided by the Berger Family Foundation, Tara and Jeffrey Coniaris, Padi and Jason Nazmiyal, Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, and the Ali Banisadr Exhibition Leadership Committee. In-kind support has been generously provided by Kasmin; Victoria Miro; Perrotin; Cristea Roberts Gallery, London; and Thaddaeus Ropac gallery.
The Katonah Museum of Art is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive George Latimer.
The Katonah Museum of Art’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Photo credit: Ali Banisadr. (b. 1976 in Tehran, Iran. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY). These fragments I have shored against my ruins, 2023. Oil on linen, 86 x 180 in. (218.4 x 457.2 cm). Mohammed Afkhami Foundation. Photography by Genevieve Hanson. © Ali Banisadr