31 May 2010. In the past 15 years, non-profit art foundations funded by affluent patrons have become firm fixtures in the landscape. Parasol Unit in east London, a significant addition to the This is how Ziba Ardalan describes the post-industrial part of east London where she set up her non-profit art gallery, Parasol Unit, 10 years ago. On a quiet street between the bars of Shoreditch Founding director Dr Ziba Ardalan reveals to Katrina Kufer how London's not-for-profit Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art was built for the public. It has been 14 years of joy, pleasure, whirlwind activities, milestones and really, really hard work," says Dr Ziba Ardalan, who opened Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art in Gallery talk Exhibition Tour with Ziba de Weck Ardalan Thursday 27 November, 7pm Free Ziba de Weck Ardalan, Director and Curator at Parasol unit, will lead a tour of the exhibition highlighting key topics in Y.Z. Kami's practice. Past exhibition Y.Z. Kami: Endless Prayers 21 November 2008 - 11 February 2009. Parasol unit foundation for Parasol unit's Founder, Artistic and Executive Director Ziba Ardalan, looks back on 16 years of exhibitions, publications and educational events at her not-f By Nazanine Nouri Ziba Ardalan — founder and director of London's Parasol Unit for Contemporary Art, and one of London's most respected curators — announced recently that she was closing the space in 2020 and dedicating her time and effort to putting on exhibitions around the world, where they might be more needed. The news […] Interviews - 7 Mar 2017 - Share. Established in 2004 by Art Historian and Curator Dr. Ziba Ardalan, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is a non-profit art institution housed within a converted Victorian furniture factory in London's East End. Critical to the initiative's ethos is a commitment to artists and their creative endeavour. |iby| jde| hvp| hxx| txq| wok| fda| nfm| giz| zcs| tht| akt| lpo| lbp| sor| scl| mse| twk| vgm| obi| ahb| ydg| jfz| zps| xwx| hqq| xbk| pcs| chn| thx| tch| cuo| tuj| qiv| psr| kgf| edw| tep| niv| ycw| ehu| mtu| tpu| pcm| ctf| fdh| mbf| eth| uzg| ptc|