The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Nader Tehrani as a new member of the Visual Arts. The Academy, founded in 1790, is an honorary society for excellence across academic and professional fields. The Academy brings its members together for cross-disciplinary research “to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.”
Nader joins the company of many past notable members including Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Georgia O’Keeffe, Albert Einstein, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, and Nelson Mandela. Among his Visual Arts peers are Jasper Johns, Maya Lin, Peter Zumthor, Wong Kar Wai, and Francis Kéré.
All the 2023 newly elected members are listed on the Academy’s website HERE.
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