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Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

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On the western side of Laleh park,the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is in a striking concrete modernist building constructed during the shah`s rush to build modern landmarks in the 1970s.

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Phone Call : +982189519658
website : www.irtmca.com
Price : Economic
Hours of work : 9:00-17:45
Address : western side of Park-e Laleh, N Kargar st, Tehran, Iran

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It is considered to have the most valuable collection of Western Modern Art outside Europe and the United States, a collection largely assembled by founding curators David Galloway and Donna Stein under the patronage of Farah Pahlavi. It is said that there is approximately £2.5 billion worth of modern art held at the museum. The museum hosts a revolving program of exhibitions and occasionally organizes exhibitions by local artists.

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Progressive Queen Farah Diba was the driving force behind the museum (her cousin Kamran Diba was the architect) and by the time it opened in 1977 its nine major galleries in their distinctive, Guggenheim-esque spiral layout were home to a remarkable collection of Western and Iranian art. The museum boasts works by Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Miró, Dalí, Bacon, Pollock, Monet, Munch, Moore and Warhol, among many others. On the open market, the collection is estimated to be worth between US$2 billion and US$5 billion.

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