10 09 2007- Marcos Gregorian Conmemoration in Modern Art Galery of Tehran -The artworks are presently on display in the U.S., but will be transported to Iran to be showcased in the exhibit.

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Veteran Iranian painter Aidin Aghdashlu, art critic Javad Mojabi and museum curator Habibollah Sadeqi will be making speeches during the event.

The renowned modern artist, Gholam-Hossein Nami, has sent a message to be read out during the ceremony.

Nami, together with Grigorian and Morteza Momayyez, was amongst the founder members of a group of free painters and sculptors in Tehran.

Artworks by Armenian artists will be displayed on the sidelines of the event.

Nami announced that an exhibition of Grigorian’s artworks will be held at Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art during the autumn. The artworks are presently on display in the U.S., but will be transported to Iran to be showcased in the exhibit.

Marcos Grigorian (1930-2007) was a veteran painter and sculptor.

He is particularly renowned for the sculptures which he crafted from a combination of clay and straw. He died aged 82, from a heart attack at his home on August 27 in Armenia

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