Magical Nights in Dubai 2012

MAGIC OF PERSIA MAGICAL NIGHTS IN DUBAI

CHARITY ART EXHIBITIONS & AUCTION GALA 21st -足 23rd MARCH 2012

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Humans have always used art to make sense of their world; to communicate truth and beauty about their world; to express their fears, hopes and dreams for themselves in this world. But as for the relationship between international peace and artistic expression, Magic of Persia has said it best..... that art is an essential form of international communication and that cross-­cultural and artistic exchange is both necessary and vital to fostering a dialogue of hope and progress for future generations around the world.

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HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan

Welcomes you to

MAGICAL NIGHTS IN DUBAI MARCH 21-­23, 2012

A Charity Fundraising Weekend of Persian Art and Music in the presence of

HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan Minister of Higher Education 6FLHQWLĂ€F 5HVHDUFK 8$(

DIARY OF EVENTS EXHIBITION OF AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Curated by Ali Bakhtiari Monday 12th March – Thursday 22nd March 10:00am -­ 7:00pm Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai VOICES OF THE OTHER HALF Exhibition of photographs Curated by Shadi Ghadirian Monday 12th March – Thursday 22nd March 10:00am -­ 7:00pm Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai ONLINE SILENT AUCTION Begins: Monday 12th March 10:00am (GST) Ends: Wednesday 21st March 12:00pm (GST) www.magicofpersia.com/silentauction EXHIBITION TOURS FOR SCHOOLS Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th March 10:00am -­ 12:00pm Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai ART DUBAI COLLECTORS’ CIRCLE PRIVATE VIEW Monday 19th March 6:00pm -­ 9:00pm Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai

DIARY OF EVENTS SILENT AUCTION & COCKTAIL RECEPTION Wednesday 21st March Reception 7:00pm -­ 9:00pm Silent Auction ends 9:00pm -­ 11:00pm In the presence of HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai NOWROUZ CONCERT & DINNER Thursday 22nd March 6:30pm -­ 12:30am One and Only Royal Mirage Jumeirah Beach, Dubai LADIES’ PRIVATE VIEW OF LIVE AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Featuring an exclusive display of Bogh-­art Jewellery Friday 23rd March 2:00pm -­ 5:00pm In the presence of HH Sheikha Shamma Bint Khalifa Bin Hamdan Al Nahayan Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai GALA DINNER & CHARITY ART AUCTION Friday 23rd March Cocktail Reception 6:30pm -­ 8:30pm Dinner, Bogh-­art Jewellery Show & Art Auction 8:30pm -­ 2:00am In the presence of HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai

SILENT AUCTION DONATING ARTISTS

Afsoon

Aria Kasaei

Shahriar Ahmadi

Niki Karimi

Alaleh Alamir

Farrokh Mahdavi

Ali Alavi

Shahriar Mazandi

Hamidreza Andarz

Ali Mousavi

Shaghayegh Arabi

Ali Nassir

Maryam Ashkanian

Arash Nazari

Alireza Astaneh

Dana Nehdaran

Niyaz Azadikhah

Dariush Nehdaran

Javad Azimi

Fereydoon Omidi

Shahrzad Changalvaee Shahpour Pouyan Yasmine Esfandiary

Farnaz Rabiejah

Arash Fayez

Hesam Rahmanian

Mohsen Fouladpour

Omid Salehi

Farhad Fozouni

Yashar Samimi Mofakham

Mina Ghaziani

Mamali Shafahi

Babak Golkar

Arman Stepanian

Naeeme Hajikazemi

Atoosa Vahdani

Sahand Hesamiyan

Mehran Zirak

Hossein Irandoust

Exhibition Curated by Ali Bakhtiari

SILENT AUCTION & COCKTAIL RECEPTION Wednesday 21st March Salsali Private Museum Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Complex, Dubai

In the presence of HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan

Cocktail Reception

7:00pm -­ 9:00pm

Silent Auction ends

9:00pm -­ 11:00pm

Online Auction Begins Monday 12th March 10:00pm (GST) Online Auction Ends Wednesday 21st March 12:00pm (GST) Auction continues and ends at Salsali Private Museum Wednesday 21st March 7:00pm (GST) EXHIBITION OF AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS (Including works from both the Silent and Live Auctions)

Monday12th – Thursday 22nd March

SILENT AUCTION ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE AT: www.magicofpersia.com/silentauction

If lots are not purchased outright from the website above by 12pm on 21st March, prospective buyers must be present at the Salsali Private Museum, where the Silent Auction will conclude.

NOWROUZ CONCERT Thursday 22nd March One and Only Royal Mirage Jumeirah Beach, Dubai

SHANBEHZADEH ENSEMBLE & MEHRAN ATASH Dinner

6:30pm

Performance by Shanbehzadeh Ensemble

9:00pm

Saeid Shanbehzadeh

(Ney Anban, Ney Jofti, Vocalist, Performer & Director of Ensemble) Sara Hamidi (Vocalist) Matthieu Donarier (Saxophone) Naghib Shanbehzadeh (Zarb & Tempo) Manou Codija (Guitar) Habib Meftah (Dammam)

Joe Quitzke (Drums)

Mehran Atash

“The Winner of Googoosh Music Academy, 2011”

10:30pm

Hooman Shahbandi as Haji Firooz Freelance Journalist

Carriages

12:30am

MASTER OF CEREMONIES: MICHAEL-­HENRY KRAYEM DRESS CODE: CASUAL CHIC

LIVE AUCTION DONATING ARTISTS

Shiva Ahmadi

Ramin Haerizadeh

Farhad Ahrarnia

Rokni Haerizadeh

Shirin Aliabadi

Nargess Hashemi

Kamrooz Aram

Farideh Lashai

Reza Aramesh

Tala Madani

Pooya Aryanpour

Ardeshir Mohasses

Abol Atighetchi

Mehrdad Mohebali

Fereydoun Ave

Shirin Neshat

Shoja Azari & Shahram Karimi Nicky Nodjoumi Mahmoud Bakhshi

Leila Pazooki

Ali Banisadr

Iman Raad

Amir Baradaran

Saghar Rad

Behzad Behnam

Bijan Saffari

Henry Dallal

Kourosh Salehi

Gohar Dashti

Parviz Tanavoli

Shirin Fakhim

Newsha Tavakolian

Bita Fayyazi

Sadegh Tirafkan

Shadi Ghadirian

Firooz Zahedi

Avish Khebrehzadeh

Charles Hossein Zenderoudi

AUCTION GALA Friday 23rd March Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai

In the presence of HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan

Cocktail Reception

6:30pm

Godolphin Foyer

Keynote Speaker: HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan

8:30pm

Godolphin Ballroom

Dinner & Bogh-­art Jewellery Show 9:00pm Godolphin Ballroom

Guest Speaker: Mohammad Afkhami Live Auction conducted by Christie’s

10:00pm

Music by: DJ Pouya MC Carriages

2:00am

DRESS CODE: BLACK TIE / NATIONAL DRESS

2012 BENEFICIARIES FUTURE CENTRE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS

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Its multi-­national team of specialists consists of special education teachers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and administration staff.

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KIDS COMPANY

Kids Company was founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996.

It provides practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-­city children in the greater London area. Their services reach 16,000 children across London, including the most deprived and at risk, whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical and emotional challenges.

In 2007, Kids Company was awarded the Liberty and Justice Human Rights Award. In 2010, they were selected as a ‘Child Poverty Champion’ by the End Child Poverty project for their success in enabling children to achieve their full potential. www.kidsco.org.uk

OMID FOUNDATIONS

Founded in 2004, the Omid Foundations provide emotional and practical support for severely disadvantaged young Iranian women. These women are faced with relentless emotional and ÀQDQFLDO GHSULYDWLRQ 7KH &KDULW\ HQDEOHV WKHP WR DFKLHYH VHOI GHWHUPLQDWLRQ DQG VHOI VXIÀFLHQF\ LQ PRGHUQ ,UDQLDQ VRFLHW\ Magic of Persia will be exhibiting photographs taken by some of the young women who recently took part in a photography workshop led by Shadi Ghadirian in 2011. The workshop was part of Omid’s holistic program that strengthens the social, emotional and economic competencies of disadvantaged young women, by visually expressing their thoughts about womanhood and femininity. Magic of Persia is presenting the exhibition in parallel with the Exhibition of Auction Highlights at the Salsali Private Museum. The photographs in the exhibition DUH IRU VDOH ZLWK DOO VDOHV SURFHHGV EHQHÀWLQJ 2PLG )RXQGDWLRQV www.omid-­e-­mehr.org

2012 BENEFICIARIES MAGIC OF PERSIA INITIATIVES Established in 2004, Magic of Persia is a non-­religious, non-­ political UK-­based charity which nurtures and develops Iranian cultural practitioners of the arts. This is accomplished by establishing initiatives promoting modern, contemporary and classical Persian art, music and media, in partnership with world-­ class institutions.

Programs include residencies for talented young artists at the 'HOÀQD )RXQGDWLRQ *DVZRUNV DQG 9LVLWLQJ $UWV ,Q DGGLWLRQ Magic of Persia offers several MA scholarships at the London Film School and MFA grants at the Royal College of Art. The Magic of Persia Educational Family Weekends, held at both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, feature workshops and activities through which families can come together to learn about Persian culture and its unique contribution to modern society. This partnership between Magic of Persia and the British Museum continues through a series of informative Artists’ Talks arranged in conjunction with the museum’s acquisitions of contemporary Iranian art.

One of the charity’s most established initiatives to date is the bi-­annual Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize (MOP CAP); a global search to identify the next generation of Iranian artists.

The MOP CAP nominating and judging panels are comprised of gallerists, curators, artists and critics who are familiar with the Iranian art scene. In keeping with Magic of Persia’s goal to provide maximum exposure for the applicants, the works of all shortlisted artists are exhibited in Dubai at a leading gallery during Art Dubai. Furthermore, the Finalists’ works are exhibited for public viewing during Frieze Art Fair at the Royal College of Art, London. The MOP CAP winner is awarded a solo exhibition the following year at a leading arts institution such as the Saatchi Gallery.

At the heart of Magic of Persia is a mission to provide much-­needed opportunities for talented individuals both inside and outside of Iran; supporting them in gaining well-­deserved international recognition. Through its activities, the charity strives to make a notable contribution to the long-­term advancement of Iranian art and culture worldwide. www.mopcap.com www.magicofpersia.com

BOOKING INFORMATION MAGICAL NIGHTS IN DUBAI 2012

NOWROUZ CONCERT Thursday 22nd March

Tickets @ $250 pp

AUCTION GALA Friday 23rd March

Tickets @ $350 pp

NOWROUZ CONCERT & AUCTION GALA 22nd & 23rd March

Tickets @ $550 pp

Tables at the Auction Gala accommodate 10 to12 guests.

To book tickets please complete and return the enclosed booking form by post or alternatively, scan and email to bookings@magicofpersia.com Magic of Persia 16A Lowndes Square London, SW1X 9HB Tel: +44 20 7235 8026 Fax: +44 20 7259 6417

As Magical Nights 2012 is taking place during Art Dubai and Nowrouz, we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.

HOTEL INFORMATION The following hotels have allocated a limited number of rooms from 21st to 24th March at preferential rates for guests of Magic Of Persia: JUMEIRAH GROUP Jumeirah Beach Hotel: 3265 AED* Contact: Chuck Vosotros chuck.vosotros@jumeirah.com Madinat Jumeirah, Mina A’Salam: 2710 AED Contact: Saurabh Gupta saurabh.gupta@jumeirah.com Jumeirah Emirates Towers: 1380 AED Contact: Roseline Dsouza Roseline.Dsouza@jumeirah.com Tel: +971 4 3198526 Fax: +971 4 3303888 Quote: Magical Nights MOVENPICK HOTEL JUMEIRAH BEACH Single: 900 AED Double: 960 AED Contact: Kristine Mabelle Cometa kristine.cometa@movenpick.com Tel: +971 4 4498808 Fax: +971 4 4498813 Quote: Booking Code MOP21032012 MARINA BYBLOS HOTEL Single: 350 AED Double: 400 AED Contact: Catherine Lucero reservation@marinabybloshotel.com Tel: +971 4 4488222 Fax: +971 4 4488220 Quote: Magical Nights

(*)Rates per night Hotel rates are net inclusive of tax, service charges and buffet breakfast.

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Sponsors THIS IS WEARABLE ART

Special Thanks to Magic of Persia is especially indebted to HE Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan and HH Sheikha Shamma Bint Khalifa Bin Hamdan Al Nahayan for their continuous support and ongoing generosity.

The charity also wishes to thank the United Arab Emirates for welcoming Magic of Persia and its distinguished guests in such a hospitable manner.

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A special thanks is extended to Ali Bakhtiar at Bakhtiar Designs for always lending his unique creative vision to our events and for championing Magic of Persia’s efforts in the UAE. Magic of Persia would like to acknowledge the tireless support of all the artists, collectors and galleries without whom this event would not be possible.

As ever, the charity wishes to extend a special thanks to Christie’s for bringing their incomparable credibility and professionalism to our art auctions.

We are forever indebted to our curator, Ali Bakhtiari, for his passion and ongoing commitment to our cause.

Finally, we would like to thank Ramin Salsali for his unwavering generosity and the Salsali Private Museum for hosting the Magical Nights 2012 exhibitions.

Graphic Design: Katayoon Forouhesh Tehrani kat.forouhesh65@gmail.com

Gala Committee Saven Chadha Gaulaleh Eagle Shirley Elghanian Shadi Fahid Farhad Fathipour Shahroo Izadi Sharareh Naghibi Goli Nili Sanam Oveyssi Alexandra Terry Nikoo Saffari Reza Nader-­Sepahi Asal Sobati Sheerin Sobati Trustees Farbod Dowlatshahi Shirley Elghanian Shirin Elghanayan Mehdi Metghalchi Vajihe Soleymani

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