TEHRAN -- This summer, the 
Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran unveils “By Women’s Account,” a multi-layered homage to female creativity and resilience, threading together film, visual art, and memory. 
From August 5 through September 21, the museum presents a sweeping exhibition of 125 works by 65 pioneering Iranian women artists, spanning generations and styles—from the abstract to the intimate, the traditional to the avant-garde.
Curated by the trio of Touka Maleki, Afsaneh Kamran, and Sajad Baghban-Maher, the exhibition honors the legacies of martyrs Mansoureh Alikhani and Mehrangiz Eimanpour, underscoring the courage that underpins artistic expression in a nation where the personal is often political. 
Among the luminaries featured are Monir Farmanfarmaian, Behjat Sadr, and Farideh Lashai—artists whose works grapple with identity, nature, and the flux of modern Iranian life.
Complementing the visual spectacle, the museum’s Cinematheque offers a weekly Sunday gathering at 4 p.m., showcasing documentaries that illuminate women’s stories at the intersection of art and society. 
The program opens on August 5 with two evocative films: How Strange It Is That Both Wound and Salve by Keyvan Alimuhammadi and Omid Bankdar—a lyrical, experimental portrait of the late Iran Darroudi, whose art explored pain, liberation, and self-discovery—and Makrameh: Memories and Dreams by Ebrahim Mokhtari, chronicling the late-blooming artistic journey of a self-taught rural painter from northern Iran.
The exhibition’s second phase unfolds in the galleries of the Iranian Artists Forum, featuring works by painters, pop artists, and ceramists that continue to challenge and expand the narrative of Iranian womanhood.