Video: 10 Years of the Bita Prize for Persian Arts

The 10th Bita Prize for Persian Arts was celebrated in November of 2017. Watch a video by Ala Mohseni looking back at all 10 Bita Prize recipients. From Simin Behbahani to Marjane Satrapi. 

The annual Bita Prize for Persian Arts is awarded to an artist of Iranian ancestry whose work, in the course of their lifetime, has exhibited singular achievements in both the realm of aesthetics and in the essence of defending the rights of artists to create, free from any fetters. The recipient is invited to Stanford University to give a public lecture and receive the prize. Since its inception in 2008, the Bita Prize has been awarded to outstanding Iranian scholars, artists and creators.