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Tehran Exhibition Displays Rarely Seen Western Art

Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art unveils works by western artists, including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, to the public.
Image: Iran Unveil Collection of Western Art Largely Unseen Since 1979 Revolution
epa05034813 An Iranian woman poses for a picture next to an artwork by Irish artist Francis Bacon during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of Western art at the Museum for Contemporary Art (TMOCA) in Tehran, Iran, 20 November 2015. The exhibit showcases a collection of Western artworks by artists such as Warhol, Monet and Lichtenstein that have been mostly kept in storage since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH / EPA