Ab-Anbar

Established: 2014

Ab-Anbar is a contemporary art gallery that engages with the non-linear intersections of histories of Art and History. Often diasporic, Ab-Anbar represents artists from multiple latitudes and identities, who traverse the aesthetic and political, as well as social and psychological borders. Ab-Anbar initially opened in 2014 in Tehran, Iran. The gallery is a conceptual representation of its name which means a water reservoir in Farsi. The word is made of two parts: 'ab' meaning water and 'anbar' meaning a reservoir. Thus, Ab-Anbar as a gallery is the architectural expression of a physical space that shapes malleable content, nurturing life and growth. The space, through its solidity and form, brings to sight the fluidity of art. Since its inception, the gallery has presented exhibitions as well as hosted and collaborated with a variety of cultural tenants, not-for-profits, independent publishers, musicians, and performers, fashioning a year-long programme of wide-reaching cultural engagement. 2020 marked the beginning of Ab-Anbar’s program in London, UK. With its new permanent and sole space, open in September 2023 in London’s historical Fitzrovia, the gallery intends to expand the dialogue between artists, collectors, museums and curators towards an inclusion and understanding of marginalised realities.

https://ab-anbar.com/

Member since 2023

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SAT 19
SEP

opening reception

A Present Tense: Contemporary Artists Living and Working in Iran

12-6pm

Ab-Anbar, 34 Mortimer St, W1W 7JS

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Forthcoming exhibitions

Ab-Anbar

London West End

A Present Tense: Contemporary Artists Living and Working in Iran

19 - 26 Sep 2026

forthcoming

34 Mortimer St, W1W 7JS, London

Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12-6pm

an exhibition bringing together works from about twenty galleries and art spaces across Iran … the initiative creates a direct connection between artists, galleries and audiences inside and outside Iran