INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
on view at the museum.Insects seen on a rare photo by the German conceptual photographers sparked a social media frenzy last week.A video,
which went viral last Sunday, shows two silverfish trapped underneath the glass of a frame for the photo.In a statement published on
insects have not caused any damage to the artwork.A team composed of entomologist Siavash Tirgari, fine art restoration expert Samaneh
said that they have detected no trace suggesting that the insects have fed on the cellulose of the passe-partout used in the frame of the
photo.They also said they have not found any other insect on other works on display at the museum.However, the museum was closed on Thursday
and Friday for fumigation.Photos by Bernd and Hilla Becher, well known for their industrial photographs, or typologies, are part of a
collection of rarely-seen artworks of minimalism and conceptual art on view in an exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary
oil.Haraguchi executed the artwork at the museum in 1977 after creating several editions across the world, including the one set up at
Becher at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.MMS/YAW
