Picasso’s Million-Dollar Master Piece in Iran

TEHRAN (MNA) – The First World’s Galleries Expo secretary has said works of Picasso, Dali, and Mirَ will be displayed for the first time in Iran.

Date: 28 May 2014 - 21:54

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Hamed Asghari said that negotiations to bring a $ 2.8m Picasso masterpiece to the Expo was underway.
"The expo sought three objectives. First, to bring foreign art works and collectors to Iran as the center of civilization in the Middle East and the world at large in an attempt to belie all propaganda mounted against Iran as myth,” he added.
"Second, to juxtapose Iranian art works and global art pieces so that a comparison could be made and provide the audience an opportunity to see all works in a single visit,” Asghari said.
He also said that 30 galleries from 20 countries including Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, and Peru, and 120 artists in painting, sculpture, and modern art which would be displayed under the aegis of Nasle Aftab Institute (literally, ‘generation of sun’) along with Iranian art galleries in Qasr Garden Museum on June 24-28.
Asghari also cited ‘continuous and direct contacts between Iranian and foreign galleries’ as among the objectives sought in the Expo. "Currently, we are negotiating with the holders of works of Joan Mirَ, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso to bring the authentic works to the Expo,” he said.