Calligraphy Works of Abdolmajid Taleqani on Display

May 28, 2001 - 0:0
TEHRAN On the occasion of Cultural Heritage Week, the calligraphy works of Abdolmajid Taleqani, the renowned calligrapher of the Safavid dynasty, have been put on display in Tehran's Reza Abbasi Museum. According to the Cultural Heritage Organization, a collection of patchworks by the artists have been displayed for the first time in the museum. The works are part of the permanent collection of the specialized library of the Iranian National Museum. The exhibition will be open to the public till June 13. Meanwhile, the famous painters Aydeen Aghdashloo and Yadollah Kaboli are to deliver speeches about Taleqani during the exhibition. Taleqani died in the city of Isfahan at the age of 35. He was buried in Takht-e Foulad Cemetery.