That view was seconded by Farbod Dowlatshahi, an Iranian retired oil refinery builder and art collector (1,891 and counting paintings.)
A rule of thumb: Work by any artist you have ever heard of is probably quite expensive and likely out of your price range. The search for good and not astronomically priced original artwork may lead some prospective collectors to art colleges’…
Magic of Persia (MOP) , a non-profit, non-political charity registered in the UK and the USA, educates young people on the value and unique contribution of Persian culture to society. MOP achieves its mission through the development and promotion of education and…
Farbod Dowlatshahi
Dubai, Paris, and Tehran
The Iranian-born collector has built personal holdings of almost 2,000 works by Middle Eastern artists, concentrating on Iranian ones. He collects Iranian art as a way of supporting his country and also to express his attachment to it, he says: “I think art…