Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art ( Persian موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران Muzeh-ye Honarhā-ye Mo'āsser-e Tehrān ; English Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art , Tehran MoCA for short) is a museum in the center of Tehran and is located in Laleh Park (formerly: Park-e Farah ). It is the most important contemporary art museumin Iran and also houses the largest collection of contemporary art outside of Europe and the United States .
history
The museum was designed by the architect Kamran Diba in the mid-1970s at the instigation of Schahbanu Farah Pahlavi and opened in 1977 on an area of more than 7,000 m² . The architecture of the spacious building combines traditional elements from the desert regions of Iran such as wind towers (badgir) with modern architectural elements .
structure
The museum consists of new galleries, administration buildings, a library, a movie hall, a cafeteria and archives. The building is surrounded by a sculpture garden with works by famous artists such as Henry Moore , Alberto Giacometti and Parviz Tanavoli - including:
- Estela a Pablo Neruda (1974) by Eduardo Chillida
- rhythmus im raum (1947–48), red granite, by Max Bill
- The Steinbock (Capricorn) by Max Ernst
- Husband and wife of Alberto Giacometti
- Horse and rider by Marino Marini
- The therapist of René Magritte
- No. 2 (1954) by Mark Rothko
Exhibitions
Five visual art exhibitions are organized each year. Works by important artists of the 19th and 20th centuries such as Claude Monet , Camille Pissarro , Vincent van Gogh , Pablo Picasso , Max Ernst , George Grosz , Jackson Pollock , Andy Warhol , Edward Hopper and Iranian artists such as Kamal-ol-Molk can be seen and contemporary artists such as Parviz Tanavoli, Jazeh Tabatabai , Sohrab Sepehri , Nasser Ovissi , Abolghasem Saidi , Bahman Mohasses , Ahmad Esfandiari and many others. In 2014 it became known that the museum plans to exhibit many of its works of art in Europe.
Web links
- Article on the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on iranchamber.com (English)
- Article on contemporary Iranian art by Ru'in Pakbaz on tavoos.com (English)
- Official website of the museum (Persian / English)
- http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/ausstellung-in-teheran-1977-die-reichuemer-der-kaiserin-fotostrecke-144957.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thiemo Heeg: The Empress and her art treasure in the cellar. faz.net, May 13, 2014, accessed May 14, 2014
Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ′ 40.3 " N , 51 ° 23 ′ 25.3" E