TEHRAN -- Iran’s Gallery Owners Union plans to display a collection of paintings by 51 Iranian artists at the China Art Expo, which is scheduled to open in Beijing on September 28, the head of the union said on Sunday.

The event will feature works by Hossein Zomorodian, Ahmad Vakili, Ali Zarshenas, Babak Etminani, and others, he added.

The paintings have been gathered from the Zar, Ferdows, and Fakhteh galleries of Tehran.