Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini has inaugurated the new Vartan Gallery in Tehran. Majid Mollanorouzi and a number of artists and fans took part in the Thursday ceremony.
Thursday, February 22, saw tributes paid to Sadegh Tabrizi and his pool of artistic creativity at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The event, concurrent with his birthday, was attended by Director of Visual Arts Center Majid Mollanorouzi, Director of Contemporary Art Museum Ali Mohammad Zare’, as well as A-list artists Aydin Aghdashloo, Hossein Mahjoubi, Yaghoub Emdadian, and Abbas Mashadi-zadeh. Master Tabrizi is one of the few Iranian contemporary artists who have made a great contribution both to the creation and the dissection of Modern art in Iran.
The 10th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts has an international section and it is official. The inauguration ceremony took place on Wednesday, February 7, at the ECO Cultural Institute. Head of Visual Arts Department of Culture Ministry Majid Mollanorouzi plus artisans and foreign ambassadors and dignitaries were in attendance.
The 10th edition of the Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts, displaying over 90 works from Iran and different countries, opened in Tehran on Tuesday. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and Head of Visual Arts Department Majid Mollanorouzi attended the ceremony at Saba Cultural Center. The festival is presided over by Mojtaba Aghaei.
