Saturday, March 12, 2011

Nowruz Art Exhibition in Tehran

Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Arts will hold an exhibition of works by master Iranian artists during the Persian New Year (Nowruz) holidays (starting 21 March). The exhibition is part of the International Nowruz Celebrations events taking place in Tehran next week with the theme of ‘Nowruz, Spring and Nature.’

The exhibition will showcase works by artists such as Sohrab Sepehri, Faramarz Pilaram, Reza Shahabi, Ali-Mohammad Heidarian, Mehdi Vishkaei, Ahmad Esfandiari, Davoud Emdadian, Yaqoub Emdadian, Reza Mafi, Mohammad Ehsaei, Abolqasem Saeedi, Nasrollah Afjei, Jalil Rasouli and Monir Farmanfarmayan.

Tehran will also host the 'Manifestations of the World's Contemporary Arts' exhibition, showcasing a collection of rare international artworks, including impressionist, cubist, abstract, minimalist and conceptual masterpieces. Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Kamil Jacob Pissarro, Fernand Leger, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Vasily Kandinsky, Pierre Soulages, Francis Bacon, Juan Miro and Roy Lichtenstein are among the artists whose works will be displayed.

Photo: A work by Faramarz Pilaram / PressTV

2 comments:

Mansur Arshama said...

I love your new background and layout - besyaar zibaa ast :-)

reader said...

I like the explosion of colour during the festive season, however not sure it is the right permanent canvas for a professional blog.