Abbas Kiarostami

Iran | 1940 - 2016
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About Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker, graphic designer, and photographer, was born in 1940 in Tehran and passed away in 2016 in Paris. Kiarostami is widely recognized for his simple, tranquil, and unpretentious outlook—an approach that found expression through the lens of his film camera, the viewfinder of his photography, and at times, upon the canvas of his paintings.

Kiarostami studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. From the mid-1960s onward, he engaged in both filmmaking and graphic design. In the realm of cinema, he received numerous prestigious awards. Beginning in the late 1990s, he exhibited his photographs, and in subsequent years, explored a variety of creative experiments in video art and installation art. His works were showcased in numerous exhibitions in Iran and abroad.

Kiarostami’s focus on the simplest details and their elevation into profound visual experiences constitutes one of the defining elements of his art across the three mediums of film, photography, and painting. Nature serves as the principal subject of his photographs and paintings. He captured imagery in a manner that invites the viewer to contemplate and appreciate fragments of the boundless magnificence of the natural world.
The Most Expensive Artwork
ArtChart | Untitled #6 from Snow White Series by Abbas Kiarostami
Untitled #6 from Snow White Series
Realized Price
At Auctions
First Attendance
25 April 2006
# Attendance
106
# Artworks
140
Average Realized Price
22,863 USD
Average Min Estimate
13,786 USD
Average Max Estimate
19,236 USD
Sell-through Rate
77.612%
Average Growth of Artwork Worth
32.824%
Timeline
All Art Fairs Auctions Exhibitions
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Articles
هیف قهرمان، بازار (1387).
A Review of Sotheby's and Millon's Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auctions in Spring 2024 1 May 2024
As we step into the spring of 2024, the Middle Eastern art auction season is in full bloom, maintaining its biannual rhythm with showcases in both autumn and spring. Two events of particular note occurred on April 25th, 2024, hosted by both Sotheby's & Millon. This marked the commencement of the year's inaugural Middle Eastern art auction, promising a captivating exploration of...
The work of Sohrab Sepehri, the most expensive artwork of the 17th Tehran auction
۱7th Tehran Auction Sales Report 26 July 2023
The 17th Tehran auction: modern and contemporary, was held on Friday July 21st, 2023 at Parsian Azadi Hotel. This auction achieved a total sale of 214 billion tomans equivalent to 4.3 million dollars, which was a growth of 77.8% compared to the previous period. Artchart has observed the 17th Tehran auction in the upcoming report.
Man Ray's 'Le Violon d'Ingres' becomes the most expensive photo ever sold at auction
The world's most expensive photo till now just 12 million dollars 12 June 2023
A black-and-white photo titled "'Le Violon d'Ingres" by Man Ray, an American artist who lived in Paris, sold for $12.4 million at Christie's auction on May 2022. In this report, the photography market and auction houses active in this market have been discussed.
From the Sepehri's trees to the painting's of Pooya Aryanpour; An overview of the Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern auctions at Bonhames and Millon 29 May 2023
The modern and contemporary art auction was held on May 24, 2023 in Bonames and Millon & Associes auction houses. Iranian artists such as Sohrab Sepehri, Manouchehr Yektaei, Parviz Tanavoli and Marco Grigorian to younger ones such as Pooya Aryanpour were participated in these auctions and some of them were among the most expensive one's that were sold. This report is an overview...