Tehran museum hosting exhibition on Palestine 

July 9, 2024 - 22:25

TEHRAN- A selection of artworks by Iranian, Palestinian, and international artists, titled "A Carving on Stone", is on display at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, focusing on the theme of Palestine.

The exhibition, curated by Mohammadreza Vahidzadeh, a renowned art critic and researcher, features a collection of artworks from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's own collection, Saba Cultural and Art Institute, the Cultural and Artistic Institution of Ravayat-e Fat’h, and personal collections, IRNA reported on Tuesday. 

The exhibition presents works by artists with diverse styles and techniques from different eras, showcasing their masterpieces created in the aftermath of the Gaza genocide by the Israeli army after October 7, the report added. 

The show also features contemporary artworks by prominent artists such as Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Mike Pare, Samia Halaby, and Maisara Baroud.

The exhibition also includes over 100 artworks by prominent Iranian artists, including Habibollah Sadeqi, Kazem Chalipaa, Iraj Eskandari, Hossein Khosrojerdi, Nasser Palangi, Gholamali Taheri, Mostafa Goudarzi, Morteza Asadi, Abdolhamid Qadirian, Ahmad Esfandiari, Mohammad Ali Tarqijah, Habibollah Ayatollahi, Ali Vazirian, and Mostafa Naderlou.

The exhibition will continue until September 8.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, more than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its military offensive on October 7.

Half of Gaza's buildings, including hospitals and homes, and hundreds of sites of cultural and religious significance, have been damaged or destroyed during the nine-month Israel's war on Gaza.

Satellite imagery analysis reveals that around 50 percent of the total structures in Gaza and approximately 62 percent of all homes have been damaged or destroyed.

The catastrophic damage has left more than a million Palestinians without homes and nearly 2.3 million residents displaced, facing acute shortages of food, clean water, and medical services.

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