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The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in the Iranian capital organised the "Minimalism and Conceptual Art" exhibition, showcasing works of
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in the Iranian capital organised the "Minimalism and Conceptual Art" exhibition, showcasing works of American and European artists from the 19th and 20th-centuries. Over 20,000 people visited the museum showcasing featuring artworks- some of which were ‘shunned’ after Islamic republic's founder Ruhollah Khomeini railed against “Westoxification.” Marcel Duchamp, Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd and the duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude are some of the artists whose works are being exhibited in the museum which counts some 3,500 works.
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Visitors look at Sinjerli Variations I-V, by American painter Frank Stella made in 1977.(AFP)
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A visitor looks at an installation by American painter Frank Stella, during the "Minimalism and Conceptual Art" exhibition in Tehran.(AFP)
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Behrang Samadzadegan, curator of the "Minimalism and Conceptual Art" exhibition, which showcases works from the 19th and 20th-centuries by American and European artists, speaks during an interview.(AFP)
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A visitor looks at an installation by American artist Robert Smithson, associated with the Land Art movement. The current "Minimalism and Conceptual Art" exhibition features 132 works by 34 world-famous contemporary artists.(AFP)
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A visitor looks at artwork by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, a collaborative duo, best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids.(AFP)
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