THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS
April 2013
Group Exhibition
These Are Some of My Favorite Things was the first exhibition at the newly opened space at the Courtyard. The In Between Space was conceived as a hybrid interdisciplinary space for learning, collaboration, and experimentation, dedicated to transcultural arts and cultural projects.
The exhibition brought together more than 80 artworks and objects from a range of private collections, spanning diverse geographies, cultures, and artistic traditions. From American Pop masters to contemporary Middle Eastern artists, and from Chinese antiques to Indian carpets, the exhibition reflected the personal and eclectic nature of collecting, bringing together works that might otherwise exist in very different cultural and artistic contexts.
The exhibition was curated by Fereydoun Ave, with installation by Shaqayeq Arabi and Dariush Zandi. The participating collections included those of Farhad Bakhtiar; Yasmine and Oliver Westmacott; Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh; Shaqayeq and Dariush…
