Modern Western Art Reappears In Iran

A collection of modern Western art goes on display in Iran for the first time in 25 years. “The exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts includes works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin, and Warhol. Most of the 188 works were purchased to further Iran’s cultural activities by the wife of the late Shah. But the Shah’s fall saw the collection locked away by an Islamic government opposed to Western influence.