Artchart, a data-mining platform for the Iranian art market, has analyzed economic data since 2019. Since 2022, it has published annual reports on Iran’s art market and, in 2024, expanded to regional analyses. In 2025, Artchart further broadened its scope by examining the role and behavior of key players in Iran’s art scene.Its first report on Iranian art collectors and buyers explo...

Over the past two years, the global art market has faced significant challenges and a notable downturn. According to recent reports, total auction sales at major houses such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips saw a sharp decline in 2024, continuing the downward trend from 2023.In response, the art market has been exploring new strategies to counteract these losses. One promising...

Auction houses are where wealthy collectors and art dealers gather and compete for the best of the art world. These actors tend to change the atmosphere of this world with their performance; Auctioneers are also interested in seeing the boom of the market with successful sales. Although, watching these events, the most important of which are the evening auctions, creates a certain e...

The 22nd edition of Tehran Auction, focusing on modern, classic, and traditional Iranian art, was held on the evening of February 15, 2025, at the Parsian Azadi Hotel in Tehran. The auction was conducted by Shahriar Rabbani, an Iranian presenter and actor. In this edition, 85% of the presented artworks (84 out of 99) were sold, generating a total of $2.6 million. A work by Reza Abba...

The Islamic art market emerged in the early 20th century and expanded through independent dealers in Paris, London, and New York. Many of these dealers, who were also collectors, imported valuable artworks directly from Iran, Egypt, and other regions. The secondary market for Islamic art matured by the 1920s, coinciding with the enforcement of restrictions on the export of historica...

B Gallery officially opened on December 13, 2024, in Tehran with the exhibition "Landscape: Plateau," led by Saleh Beheshti. The exhibition features over 70 works by renowned artists such as Kamal-ol-Molk, Ali Akbar Sanati, Sohrab Sepehri, Abolghasem Saeedi, Marcos Grigorian, Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam, Parvaneh Etemadi, Farideh Lashai, Pariyoush Ganji, as well as pieces by younger gen...

VIP Days at Art Fairs Have Their Own Rituals and Traditions: VIP guests are invited not only to view artworks but also to attend more exclusive parties and savor a variety of unique culinary experiences. These occasions offer them the chance to examine artworks in a more private setting, socialize with other attendees, and perhaps gain early access to insider information. Additional...

If Marcos Grigorian were alive, he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this December. An artist who was not only a painter but also a gallery owner, collector, film actor, and notably, the founder of the first Tehran Biennale. Marcos Grigorian's influence on Iranian art is such that, 18 years after his passing, an exhibition titled "Marcos Grigorian: A Retrospective" has been o...

In this conversation, Mohammad Reza Moridi, an art researcher and faculty member at Tehran University of Art, discusses the challenges and research related to the Iranian art market with journalist Hossein Ganji. Moridi explores the historical taboos surrounding the art market and the evolving discourse in this field, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary research in the...