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The first and only book on one of the finest private collections of contemporary Iranian art.

This sumptuous volume features almost 250 contemporary artworks and a selection of medieval and early modern Islamic art - the heralded collection of Mohammed Afkhami, a prominent player at the cultural and regional front line of Middle Eastern art. Honar (meaning ´art´ in Farsi, the language of Iran), includes works ranging from the disturbingly subversive to exquisitely inclusive, exhibiting the pain of exile, the querying of ideology, and the artistic insistence on personal independence.

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Sussan Babaie is the Andrew W. Mellon Lecturer in the Arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Natasha Morris is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History, Courtauld Institute.

Venetia Porter is Assistant Keeper (Curator) of Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art at the British Museum, London.

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