As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces not seen by the public in at least a decade.
People take snap shots next to China’s late leader Mao Zedong painting by American artist Andy Warhol as they visit an exhibition titled Eye to Eye which showcases over 120 works by modern world artists as well as Iran ian painters at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, in Tehran, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
“If such events are held here and we can see artworks like the rest of the world, it’s enough. They are really precious.” Among the over 120 works being shown are ones from Picasso, Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon, along with celebrated Iranian artists. One of the Warhols, “Jacqueline Kennedy II,” is a silkscreen double image of the former U.S. first lady in mourning after the 1963 assassination of her husband, President John Kennedy. Another Warhol portrait of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger also garnered attention from the cellphone photo snappers.
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