The present article introduces the art chart and the motives for its formation and the goals of this project in order to create transparency in the pricing mechanism of works in the Iranian visual arts market. This article was written by the Artchart team and published in the special issue of the 15th Tehran Art Auction in January 2022.

This article was written by Mohammad Reza Moridi and Mohammad Javad Mohammadi and has been published in the book "Economics of Iranian Art". Pricing works of art is an important but ambiguous part of the art market. Arbitrary evaluations and pricing that only create symbolic value for the work and even prevent the sale of the work add to this ambiguity and reduce the buyer's confide...

Shahriar Ahmadi is a contemporary painter and one of the young Iranian artists generation. There is a clear link between Ahmadi's paintings and mystical literature. His paintings refer the viewer to Iranian painting and romantic and mystical verses. His works cannot be attributed to a specific style. His paintings fluctuate between abstract and representational expression.