TEHRAN -- Curator of Zagreb’s Mimara Museum Tugomir Luksic praised Persian art and said that it enjoys prestige throughout the world.

The Mimara Museum is an art museum in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. It houses the collection of Wiltrud and Ante Topi Mimara.
Luksic received the Iranian delegation visiting Mimara Museum on Thursday and said that the museum began its cooperation with the National Museum of Iran in Tehran after the “7000 Years of Persian Art” was held in Croatia in 2005.
The people of Croatia were astonished by the exhibit, he said, adding that the fact is, Iran enjoys a wealth of historic art and civilization, which is of great importance not only for Iranians but also for the rest of the world.
“Almost 70,000 people visited the show, which demonstrates the love that people of Croatia have for Iran and its art. In addition, the collaboration of the Mimara Museum and other museums of Croatia with the National Museum of Iran indicate how much attention we pay to classical and contemporary art and culture of Iran,” he explained.
The “7000 Years of Persian Art” was home to a total of 178 rare historical masterpieces gathered from various museums across the country.
The expo opened in Austria in 2000 and traveled to Germany and Belgium respectively. Afterwards, Switzerland and Spain were the next hosts.
Croatia was supposed to be the final place where the exhibit was shown, but it moved on to Portugal and stayed for two more months.
The exhibition covered art from an extended period of time and included clay figures from the 7th Millennium B.C. as well as early Islamic painted ceramic vessels from the 10th century AD.
Photo: A tile work at the holy shrine of Ahmad ibn Musa (AS) in Shiraz