17th Fajr Visual Arts Festival wraps up in Tehran

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-The closing ceremony of the 17th Fajr Visual Arts Festival was held at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on Saturday.With an innovative and fresh
Instead, it was dedicated to honoring, commemorating, and celebrating the visual arts in the country.Part of the ceremony was dedicated to
tributes to distinguished figures in visual arts
Masoud Zenderooh Kermani in photography, Mohammadreza Zabihollahzadeh in sculpture, Ali Rezaeian in calligraphy, Fathollah Ziarati in
ceramics, and Ahmad Vakili in painting were the five artists honored during the ceremony.Furthermore, some officials in the field of visual
arts were honored on stage for promoting this art in their respective provinces.This festival was held across 31 provinces of the country
and selected its distinguished participants from among artists across Iran.The 17th edition of the festival symbolically began on February 9
Haghighatshenas, focusing on the theme of trees
curated by Ameneh Rezaei, director of the Calligraphy Museum of Iran, opened on February 12 at the same venue in Tehran and will run until
festival, featuring photographs taken by French photographer Michel Setboun during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, opened on February 17 and
the Iranian Museum of Graphic Design in Tehran, opened on February 20 and will continue until March 14