TeerArt is the first effort in Iran to develop resources and infrastructure for establishing an international art fair based in Tehran. The first edition of TeerArt will feature ten galleries based in the capital with focusing on ambitious presentations by emerging and established contemporary Iranian artists. TeerArt aims at bringing together galleries, collectors, arts professionals, arts enthusiasts and the public to provide an opportunity to engage with the exciting world of Iranian contemporary art.

TeerArt’s debut edition will be the first event of this scale gathering a selection of Tehran’s galleries under one roof. Although local in its current iteration, TeerArt has been meticulously designed to meet international standards in order to present a coherent display of Iranian art today to the worldwide arts community. We believe in TeerArt’s potential to become a larger event with a wider scope in its future editions.

Founded by Dastan’s Hormoz Hematian and directed by Assar Gallery’s Maryam Majd, the first edition of TeerArt will be presented and organized by the two respective galleries and organized by Ava Center at its 1700-sqm. space on the center’s 8th-floor in the north eastern Tehran neighborhood of Aghdasieh.

The ten Tehran-based galleries participating in the first edition include Ab/Anbar (est. 2014 by director Salman Matinfar), Ag Galerie (est. by director Simindokht Dehghani), Assar Gallery (est. 1999 by co-director Omid Tehrani, co-directed by Maryam Majd), Azad Art Gallery (est. 1999 by co-founders and co-directors Rosita Sharafjahan and Mohsen Nabizadeh), Dastan’s Basement (est. 2012 by director Hormoz Hematian), Etemad Gallery (est. 2002 by co-directors Mina and Amirhossein Etemad), Khak Gallery (est. 2002 by director Mandana Farahmand Pooya), Mohsen Gallery (est. 2010 by director Ehsan Rasoulof), O Gallery (est. 2014 by director Orkideh Daroodi), Shirin Gallery (est. 2005 by director Shirin Partovi).