TEHRAN -- The Raad Rehabilitation Goodwill Complex, offering free service to the handicapped, will hold its second art auction on Friday.
A collection of 75 works in various media, including painting, calligraphic painting, photo and sculpture, will be offered in the auction, auctioneer Rahman Alaqehband announced on Tuesday.
Works by veterans and masters including Parviz Tanavoli, Nasrollah Afjeii, Sadeq Tabrizi, Taha Behbahani and Rozita Sharafjahan have been put on display in the week-long exhibition that opened on January 16, Alaqehband added.
Part of the artwork on show has been donated to the complex by the artists and the proceeds from the auction will be dedicated by the complex to holding educational courses, he said.
About 20 of the works have been selected and reserved by visitors in advance, however, they will go for the highest offered bid in the auction, he explained.
A team of experts and gallery owners are collaborating in this project.
The complex is located at 74, South Piruzan St., Hormozan St., in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood.
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