Events · In person
Exhibition: "From Evin with Love"
From Evin with Love: Handmade Testimonies from Evin Prison in Iran
The exhibition “From Evin with Love” presents more than 60 artworks and handmade pieces created by women in Tehran’s Evin Prison—one of the Iranian regime’s most notorious prisons.
Produced under conditions of imprisonment between 2010 and 2024, the paintings, woodwork, dolls, carpets, poems, and letters were created by women who were imprisoned for their advocacy for women’s and human rights, social and environmental causes, or because of their religious affiliation.
Their works are not only testimonies of survival, but also acts of resistance—and expressions of care, solidarity, and hope. They bear witness to the psychological and physical violence endured by those imprisoned, while at the same time reflecting their creativity, courage, and determination to assert themselves. A particular focus of the exhibition is the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement.
Alongside the exhibition, a diverse accompanying program of lectures, panel discussions, guided tours, encounters, and music invites visitors to engage in conversations about feminist struggles, decolonial and (queer-)feminist cultures of remembrance, and international solidarity.
Friday, 18 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Opening: “From Evin With Love” — Handmade Testimonies from Evin Prison in Iran
With Mansoureh Shojaee (Iranian Women’s Movement Museum), Parastou Forouhar (German-Iranian artist and activist), and Birgit Erbe (Frauenakademie München)
Video messages from Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament) and Vida Rabbani (former political prisoner and artist participating in the exhibition)
Saturday, 19 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion on Feminist and Decolonial Cultures of Remembrance
With Anke Buettner (Monacensia, #FemaleHeritage), Modupe Laja (Sensing Sites), and Parastou Forouhar, moderated by Birgit Erbe
Thursday, 24 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Film: My Stolen Planet
Germany, 2024, 82 min., original version with subtitles
By Farahnaz Sharifi, followed by a Q&A with activists from **Woman Life Freedom Munich*
Friday, 25 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Feminist Roundtable on Activism, Solidarity, and Current Challenges
With Gaby Franger (Frauen in der einen Welt), Nina Reggi-Graßl (Frauenakademie München), Carolyn Schneider (Viva TS), Maryam Shirinsokhan (women’s and human rights activist), and Johanna Tator (The Sisterhood Munich), moderated by Ananya Mehra (LMU Munich)
Saturday, 26 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Book Launch: Mapping Gender Struggles
With Agnieszka Balcerzak, Ananya Mehra, Alexandra Rau (all LMU Munich), Olga Shparaga (femGroup Belarus), and Mansoureh Shojaee, moderated by Birgit Erbe
Sunday, 27 September 2026 | 7:00 PM
Closing Event & Concert: “From Evin to Munich to the World”
With Arash Sasan
Admission free.
Organized by: Frauenakademie München e. V., Woman* Life Freedom Munich e. V., and Iranian Women’s Movement Museum
In cooperation with: Petra Kelly Foundation
Supported by: the Department of Arts and Culture and the Migration Advisory Council of the City of Munich
Further information: frauenakademie.de/from-evin-with-love
Artwork: © Parastou Forouhar, Women of Revolution Street, 2020–2023