TEHRAN – Twelve artists from around the world along with several Iranian sculptors will compete in the various sections of the 8th Tehran International Sculpture Symposium. 

The artists selected from 189 applicants from 53 countries include Klaus F. Hunsicker from Germany, Alexey Kanis from Russia, Oscar Aguirre Comendador from Spain, Umit Turgay Durgun form Turkey and Francesca Bernardini from Italy. 

Among the competitors are also Valerian Jikia from Georgia, Genti Tavanxhiu from Albania, Ana Maria Negara from Romania, Michael Levchenko from Ukraine, Tatsumi Sakai from Japan, Zdravko Zdravkov from Bulgaria and Emin Petrosyan from Armenia. 

Organized annually by the Tehran Municipality’s Beautification Organization, the symposium seeks to help beautify the urban environment of the city and familiarize the citizens with the process of making new designs.

Mostafa Mohseni, Saeid Mahmudi, Hamidreza Sadeqzadeh, Bijan Ghoncheparvar and Mohammad Marvasti are the Iranian artists selected to compete in the event, which will be held from September 26 to October 16.
 
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