Iran’s vast collection of Western art re-emerges despite high tensions with US

The exhibition features Andy Warhol’s Mao Zedong painting (AP)

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon not seen by the public in at least a decade.

The unveiling of the exhibition “Eye to Eye” has drawn many women, their hair uncovered, to the underground galleries of the museum in Tehran’s Laleh Park.