Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Established 1977
Location Laleh Park, Tehran, Iran
Director Mahmud Shaluii
Website www.tmoca.com/

Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA) is an art museum in Tehran, Iran.

Inaugurated in 1977, and built adjacent to Tehran's Laleh Park, the museum was designed by Iranian architect Kamran Diba, who employed elements from traditional Persian architecture. It is considered to have the largest collection of valuable Western modern art outside of Europe and the United States.[1] It is said that there is approximately £2.5 billion worth of modern art held at the museum.[2]

Contents

Artists represented

At Eternity's Gate by Vincent van Gogh, lithograph, 1882, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.[3]
Baboon and Young by Pablo Picasso, 1951, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

See also

References

  1. ^ Iran Keeps Picassos in basement. LA Times. Kim Murphy. Sep 19, 2007. Link: [1]
  2. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/29/artnews.iran
  3. ^ a b "At Eternity's Gate", vggallery.com. Last Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ^ Alberto Giacometti, Standing Woman, tmoca.com.
  5. ^ Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man 1, tmoca.com.
  6. ^ Max Ernst, Capricorn, tmoca.com.
  7. ^ René Magritte, The Therapeutae, tmoca.com.
  8. ^ Henry Moore, Two–Pieces Reclining Figure, tmoca.com.
  9. ^ Henry Moore, Three–Pieces Reclining Figure, tmoca.com.
  10. ^ Parviz Tanavoli, Sanctified 1, tmoca.com.

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Landmarks
  • indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.

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