Iran s secret billion-dollar art collection
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5 April 2021 • 5:00am
The Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Art
Credit: Alamy
People ask me, ‘What do you think of when you think of Iran?’” says Farah Pahlavi, the 82-year-old widow of the country’s last Shah, speaking to me via Zoom from her wood-panelled Parisian home. “I think of the mountains. Especially Damavand, the volcano, which I could see from the palace. And I think of the streams, the trees, ordinary people…” She sighs. “Of course, I miss my country, the country that I knew. But I keep hope that Iran will rise from her ashes.”
The picturesque natural surroundings stimulated Moore’s creativity – from the rolling landscape itself to the rocks and orchards found throughout the estate.
Having established the Henry Moore Foundation in 1977, Moore gifted the grounds, buildings and contents of his 70-acre estate to the Foundation, which continues to conserve and present his work in the setting in which it was created.
Henry Moore S Large Reclining Figure 1984. Photo: John Chase
- Credit: Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation.
The peaceful grounds of Henry Moore Studios & Gardens are just a short trip from London, and accessible from two local train stations.
They present Moore’s iconic sculptures in the landscape where he conceived them, offering visitors the opportunity to interact with the works physically as well as intellectually.
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