Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition

TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 1, 2009: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits for the first time a large ensemble of its collection for public viewing during the presidential elections. These works of art by European masters and some American artists, had been obtained by Farah Diba, the ex-Empress of Iran in the mid-1970's for the newly constructed museum. A woman in black chador stands looking at a work by Hungarian born French artist Victor Vasarely displayed on the wall of a gallery in the museum on July 1, 2009. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)