Although artists are sometimes in a position to dictate prices to dealers because of their fame and bargaining power, dealers usually have the final say in pricing decisions. Because there are not only those who have to "work" with these prices, but also have more information about the market. But dealers deliberately do not price each work separately and on a case-by-case basis. In...

Ruyin Pakbaz begins the story of Iran's modernist art with this Sentence: "Almost 70 years after the artistic modernism movement's begining in the West, its echo reached Iran. The expansion of the Second World War to Iran, the departure of Reza Shah and the establishment of social freedoms created an opportunity for artistic innovation. The change of the political situation and the...

The queen participated in an art auction and bought 19 paintings by Iranian painters.

The video of this interview was prepared by The Artist Profile Archive and its Farsi subtitles were placed on the video by the Artchart team.