TEHRAN-The exhibition of the competition sections of the 16th Fajr Visual Arts Festival as well as its Art Market was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Saba Cultural-Artistic Institute in Tehran.

A total of 854 artworks by 606 artists have been presented in the competition sections and Art Market, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

The Art Market contains works by renowned masters including Mohammadali Taraghijah, Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Manouchehr Niazi, Hadi Roshanzamir, Nasrollah Afjei, Jalal Shabahangi, Nasser Ovissi, Reza Derakhshani, Ahmadreza Ahmadi, Kamyar Sadeghi, and Sadegh Tabrizi among others.

The presented works include a variety of themes, techniques, and artistic approaches from realistic to abstract and conceptual, and have displayed a wide range of creativity, innovations, and new experiences.

The 16th Fajr Visual Arts Festival showcases a variety of works in 10 categories including painting, illustration, graphic design, photography, calligraphy, cartoon and caricature, sculpture, ceramics, Persian painting, and modern artistic mediums.

According to Mohammad Khorasanizadeh, the Director-General of the Visual Arts Office at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in the middle of February, a selection of documentary films regarding the visual arts will be displayed at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

As he said, from among the presented mural designs, the Tehran Municipality will help create the top three ones on the city walls.

The exhibition of the artworks will be open to the public until February 11, when the winners of the Golden Touba awards in the competition sections will be announced.

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