TEHRAN -- Iranian masters of nastaliq were paid homage during the closing ceremony of the second calligraphy exhibition here on Tuesday at the venue of Tehran’s Art Bureau.

The second exhibition of masters of the nastaliq style of calligraphy ran for one month at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Director of Tehran’s Art Bureau Hassan Bonyanian, culture minister advisor Mohammad-Hossein Nirumand and masters Gholam-Hossein Amirkhani, Mohammad Salahshur, and Mohammad-Hossein Attarchian were among those who attended the program.
The ceremony began with screening pictures of late masters Hossein and Hassan Mirkhani in the presence of their family members.
Afterwards, secretary of the exhibit Amir Abdolhosseini gave the opening address and said that one of the goals of the second exhibit was to honor the two great masters.
“We also intended to encourage youth interested in the field of calligraphy, so we organized a competition section in this exhibit. In addition, all the collection that was on display will be published in a book,” he added.
Seminars on the traditional and contemporary art of Persian calligraphy were also arranged on the sidelines of the event, but were not held due to problems, Abdol-Hosseini said, adding, “We are planning to publish the submitted that were articles at a later time.”
Honoring private collectors of calligraphy was the next program. Female collectors Mojgan Nankeli, Maryam Abutalebian, and Farzaneh Alavi were the first who were honored.
Fereidun Jahanshahi, Javad Alavi, Adib Nirumand, Mehdi Atiqi, Hassan Seddiq, Morteza Tadayyon, and Hadi Atiqi were also among the private collectors who were honored.
The ceremony ended with a music performance by tar virtuoso Keyvan Saket, Mehdi Fallah, and Maziar Sabri.