Ali Banisadr's first major U.S. museum survey opens at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist, a landmark exhibition featuring 34 works spanning nearly two decades, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg on April 11, 2026. Organized by the Katonah Museum of Art, this comprehensive survey includes 22 oil paintings and 12 works on paper created between 2006 and the present. The Tehran-born, New York-based artist is celebrated for densely populated compositions that shimmer with vibrational energy. Banisadr's synesthesia—experiencing sound as color, movement, and texture—directly informs the orchestral quality of his surfaces. The exhibition runs through July 12, 2026, marking the artist's first major museum survey in the United States.