Massumeh Farhad is an Iranian-born American curator, art historian, and author.
[4] Farhad has a PhD (1987) in art history from Harvard University.
[3] In 1997, she had been in a relationship with the Chief Curator of the National Museum of African Art, Philip L. Ravenhill (1945–1997) before his death.
[3] Farhad has curated numerous exhibitions including the "Art of the Persian Courts" (1996),[6] "The Heroic Past: The Persian Book of Kings" (2000),[7] "Fountains of Light: The Nuhad Es-Said Collection of Metalwork" (2000),[8] "Antoin Sevruguin and the Persian Image" (2001),[9] "The Adventures of Hamza" (2002),[10] "Style and Status: Imperial Costumes From Ottoman Turkey" (2005),[11] "Facing East: Portraits from Asia" (2006),[12] "Falnama: The Book of Omens" (2009),[2] and "The Art of Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art" (2016–2017).
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