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Tehran, Apr 5 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marina Villén) With works by Picasso, Miró, Bacon, Gauguin, Rothko or Kandinsky, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art boasts the best collection of modern western art in the Middle East, although not without controversy due to their acquisition before the Islamic Revolution.The museum has recently reopened its doors to the public after almost two years closed for restorations. FOOTAGE OF THE TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND SOUNDBITES OF HASAN NOFERESTI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AT THE TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.TRANSLATION:1. "The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the top ten museums in the world as it has works by Iranian, European and American artists of different styles. More than 4,000 works are preserved in the museum's treasury as a whole."2. "It is not true that the works are in the treasury and that we do not touch them and that no one has seen them. We for different reasons, in different exhibitions, have shown a large part of the works"

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