Over 700 artistic works from Iran and other countries have appeared on Tehran billboards to turn the capital into the worlds largest art gallery ever. Tehran has turned into the worlds biggest art gallery with works of art including paintings, calligraphies, carpets and letterhead scripts on display on billboards across the city for ten days. On ...

TEHRAN The mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, is well known in Iran as a former Revolutionary Guards commander, retired pilot and the loser of two presidential elections. This week he added one more title patron of the arts as he directed all of the citys 1,500 billboards fitted out with copies of famous works of art, including many by prominent ...