May 26, 2026, Galerie Paris-B, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
As part of Golnaz Payani’s exhibition, “A effleurer, se rompre”
Galerie Paris-B presents a conversation between Golnaz Payani, visual artist, and Chowra Makaremi, anthropologist, theorist, and filmmaker.
The discussion will focus on second skins, raw wounds, and emotional resilience in the Iranian context and beyond.
Presented and moderated by Morad Montazami, curator and publisher, director of Zamân Books & Curating.

Golnaz Payani
Born in Tehran in 1986, Golnaz Payani studied at the Faculty of Art and Architecture in Tehran and at the École d’art de Clermont-Ferrand (DNSEP, 2013). A multidisciplinary artist, her work has been shown in numerous institutions in France and abroad, notably at the Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc in Thouars. Her move to France in 2009 marks a continuous pursuit of making the immaterial palpable. She lives and works between Paris and Madrid.

Chowra Makaremi
An anthropologist and researcher at the CNRS, Chowra Makaremi studies state violence and the memories of repression in Iran. Coming from a family of dissidents who were victims of the regime, she explores exile and resistance through counter-archives, as in her film *Hitch: An Iranian Story* (2019). As an analyst of the current uprising, she published Woman! Life! Freedom! (2023) to shed light on the democratic aspirations and struggles over memory of the Iranian people.

Morad Montazami
An art historian and curator, Morad Montazami is a specialist in non-Western modernities and a former curator at Tate Modern. He notably curated the landmark exhibition Unedited History: Iran 1960–2014 at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, exploring the links between visual creation and political upheavals. Through his platform Zamân Books & Curating, he works to shift the focus on modern art by unearthing hidden archives from the Arab and Iranian worlds.