TEHRAN – Print works by 75 world-renowned artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Marc Chagall will go on display in an exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) next week.
The exhibition entitled “A History of Contemporary Printmaking from Impressionism until Now” will open on May 12, the secretary of the exhibition Ahmad Vakili said in a press release on Sunday.
Works by Jasper Johns, Edvard Munch, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, James Whistler Jim Dine, Antoni Tapies, Joan Miro, Camille Pissarro and Andy Warhol have also been selected for the show, which will run until August 7.
“Printmaking is a powerful medium that provides suitable capabilities for artists to achieve excellence in artistic expression,” Vakili stated.
Some of the artworks will be put on display for the first time, he said.
The works have been selected from a treasure trove of printmaking art kept in the storehouse at the museum.
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