the south of france. and henry more the more they were hard yes warhol it was very interesting to see warhol if he came to iran and made part of the shah and a few others he was a very quiet and gentle man a little shy we had a good record he would have a bit to me but how do esteem. almost forty years ago on the morning of the day the museum was to be opened in tehran come runty but woke up with his heart pounding he was nervous it was supposed to be a major event. he wanted to celebrate a festival of art as well as demonstrate iran s ability to hold its own on the international level. it was the evening of october thirteenth one nine hundred seventy seven.
a civilization rich in art and culture and it has produced many extraordinary artists in various fields of art be it architecture poetry or literature. in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven there was festival of arts was founded at the behest of embers from raw. both iranian and international artists were invited to take part in this unique festivals of on guard orientation attracted global attention. was.
the art works being brought to berlin that dated from before nine hundred forty five were also checked for provenance. pot singer the president of the pression cultural heritage foundation also had to deal with assertions that some of the works in iran were forgeries. and we d heard that some works had allegedly been replaced with forgeries over the decades and that the originals had been sold for huge sums of money but you can t just say that these are bandits so it s hard to say anything about them at all just because of the importance of these works if they were to be sold abroad whether to museums or private parties i d find it very hard to believe that you wouldn t hear anything about it you know die and be prepared because it s one of optics that when you fear that. in tehran preparations continue despite growing criticism of the
go. pervious town of ali is for mill year with the experiences of iranian artists in recent decades he is one of the most prominent internationally as well. he wants to teach his students it is not the iranian in their work that makes them artists but the art they carry within themselves. as why you want to focus is less on trying to get an iranian artist out of us than on trying to get us out of us he wants to know what we re capable of what makes up our essence. he wants to know why we should be turned into a new artist he wants to know what s inside of us and wants us to represent exactly that he has made it possible for us to believe in ourselves back in college that much and when i get the chance now the works are being taken from the vaults and
taken abroad and shown in berlin in addition to berlin they could be exhibited in many other places these works are very pure and untouched they show a new perspective they show how people in iran thought thirty years ago and which works of art they can. acted to influence the next generation s culture find it must die and the sustenance was better. off. with thirty iranian and thirty western works the berlin exhibition was also to be an opportunity to reveal the observer s established patterns of perception that s what ton of ali was hoping for. mon cafe you think i m very happy about it i think it s a good step. you know so it would be a pity to keep these works in prison without anyone being aware of their existence you know matters and it was