been seen before. now they re on display for the first time in their home, tehran. translation: when they heard about a new exhibition on andy warhol, i thought it was happening abroad. but no, it s happening here. it s a real surprise. i didn t know we had any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran s empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum s storage. the empress collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum s curators think it s time to start sharing their treasure with the public. people are much more up to date in iran than about the west than west about iran.
now they re on display for the first time in their home, tehran. translation: when i heard about a new exhibition - on warhol, i thought it was happening abroad. but no, it s happening here. it s a real surprise. i didn t know we had any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran s empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum s storage. the empress collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum s curators think it s time to start sharing their treasure with the public. people are much more up to date in iran than about the west than west about iran. andy warhol broke down barriers in the art world. the curators hope his work could do
any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran s empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum s storage. the empress collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum s curators think it s time to start sharing their treasure with the public. people are much more up to date in iran than about the west than west about iran. andy warhol broke down barriers in the art world. the curators hope his work could do the same with some of the barriers between iran and the west. sara monetta, bbc news. chinese astronauts have conducted their first ever double spacewalk. it s only the second time chinese
work is unmistakable. but these paintings are even more extraordinary because they ve never been seen before. now they re on display for the first time in their home, tehran. translation: when i heard about a new exhibition - on andy warhol, i thought it was happening abroad. but no, it s happening here. it s a real surprise. i didn t know we had any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran s empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum s storage. the empress collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum s curators think it s time to start
away from the public s eye. sara monetta reports. bright colours, nervous lines, andy warhol s work is unmistakable. but these paintings are even more extraordinary because they ve never been seen before. now they re on display for the first time in their home, tehran. translation: when i heard about a new exhibition - on andy warhol, i thought it was happening abroad. but no, it s happening here. it s a real surprise. i didn t know we had any warhol work. these, like hundreds of other pieces, were bought in the 1960s, by iran s empress, who posed for warhol herself. after the iranian revolution in 1979, these artworks remained locked away from sight in the museum s storage. the empress collection is one of the largest in the world, it counts 3,500 masterpieces and has been valued at over three billion euros. the museum s curators think it s time to start sharing their treasure with the public. people are much more up to date in iran than about the west than west