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Tehran to display Latin American cartoons
ILNA – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is set to unveil its latest exhibition, ‘Latin American Cartoons and Caricatures,’ offering a unique glimpse into the world of Latin American humor and satire.
The museum, which had temporarily closed its doors for preparations, will reopen to the public with this new exhibition starting on October 31, following an extensive effort to curate and present the works of Latin American artists from October 23.
The opening ceremony will be attended by cultural figures, including Mohammad Khorasani Zadeh, the Director-General of Visual Arts and Acting Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Masoud Shojai-Tabatabai, the exhibition's curator, and Seyyed Amir Javid, the Deputy of the International Art Department.
Never-before-seen
Monet painting heading to auction
REUTERS – A never-before-seen Claude Monet is expected to be a top lot at Christie’s New York’s upcoming 20th and 21st-century art auctions.
It could fetch $65 million, according to Max Carter, Vice Chairman of 20th and 21st-century art at Christie’s New York.
“This Monet Aux Nympheas is one of these 80-inch grand panoramic, monumental canvases from the last 12 years of his life. This is from 1917 to 1919. And in this, in these dozen years, he focused on creating what was the greatest project of his career, which was, there were these panels and there eventually were in the L’Orangerie in Paris. And they're really his legacy to the 20th century. This specific example has never – not only is it never been at auction, it's never been exhibited publicly before. So this is a first.”
The auction will be held on November 7 and 9.