Jamshid Haghighatshenas, the curator of the ‘Golden Tree’ section of this year’s festival, invited artists to present works based on the theme of the tree. Artists from various visual arts disciplines, excluding calligraphy, participated, creating works centered around trees.
Haghighatshenas, who has painted tree-themed murals on the exhibition walls, shared his thoughts on the ‘Golden Tree’ section in an interview with Persian-speaking Iran Newspaper.
He said, “Anything with a political slant is boycotted, but anything related to art is welcomed. People around the world are no longer interested in political tendencies, but artistic expressions resonate because they elevate human experience. People are naturally drawn to participate and connect with art, even without realizing it. The Fajr Visual Arts Festival is not political—it’s a celebration of art, offering a platform for global engagement.”
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