TEHRAN -- This weekend, Tehran’s galleries offer a rich tapestry of contemporary visual culture through a range of solo and group exhibitions, engaging themes from memory and identity to abstraction and the environment.

“Only I Remember the Light”
Opening Friday, August 1, Shah Maqsud Teymouri presents an intimate solo exhibition at Gallery Thaleth. His paintings evoke a quiet contemplation, suffused with the delicate tension between illumination and shadow. The show runs through August 17. Thaleth is located at 148 Karim Khan Zand St., and remains open daily.

“By Women’s Account”
The Museum of Contemporary Art inaugurates a landmark exhibition dedicated to pioneering Iranian women artists. Featuring 125 works from 65 artists, including Monir Farmanfarmaian, Behjat Sadr, Iran Darroudi, and Parvaneh Etemadi, the show traces modernist trajectories across portraiture, abstraction, and landscape. A parallel exhibition with works by women painters, pop artists, and ceramists continues at the House of Artists, further deepening this vital discourse on gender and modernity.

“Engar”
Fereydoun Abedinzadeh’s solo exhibition continues at Gallery O (Sanayi St., Shahin Alley 18). Abedinzadeh’s work wrestles with figuration and the ephemeral, offering a complex negotiation of memory and presence. Open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 8 pm.

“Release”
At Gallery Shirin, Alireza Khatibi’s paintings assert a forceful engagement with the materiality of paint and existential themes, navigating psychological and formal tensions. Through August 5.

“Shallow Depth”
At Gallery Homa, Atefeh Namavar’s solo exhibition explores surface and depth, blending abstraction with figurative elements. The show invites viewers to interrogate the boundaries of perception and reality. Open daily, 11 am to 7 pm.

“Climate”
Hamid Fam’s solo exhibition at Gallery Etemad 1 (Haft Tir Sq.) offers a nuanced meditation on environment and geography, probing the politics of space through painterly gestures and symbolic forms. Closed Mondays.

“Tehran”
Gallery Artibition presents a group show titled simply “Tehran,” through August 12, a multilayered exploration of urban life, memory, and socio-political narratives unfolding in the capital.

“Portrait”
Ardalan Sadeghi Kivi’s solo show at Argue Factory Gallery (Ferdowsi St.) unveils a series of compelling portraits marked by introspective gazes and textured surfaces. Runs through August 8.

“Ehuli”
Arman Sadeghat’s exhibition at Gallery Siyhoon offers a subtle and poetic exploration of form and materiality, blending tradition with contemporary gestures. Through August 6.

“Three Views, Three Paths”
Gallery Emkan hosts a group photography exhibition, juxtaposing diverse perspectives and visual narratives. Open Wednesday to Friday evenings.

“Alalia: My Lost Language”
Maryam Madani Fard’s solo exhibition at Gallery Vista meditates on absence and language through layered imagery and symbolic motifs. Open through August 4.

“Nature is Unrepresentable”
Saye Mansour’s solo show at Gallery Sharif investigates the elusive qualities of the natural world through abstraction and conceptual inquiry. Runs through August 15.