http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/saiena-shafiezadeh en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/saiena-shafiezadeh/seyhoun-gallery-faces-closure <p>Seyhoun Gallery, the oldest working art gallery in Iran is in the danger of closing after 44 years. </p> <p>The owner of the building has been pushing for the closure of the gallery since the founder Masoumeh Seyhoun’s death last May, in hopes of turning the gallery into a restaurant.</p> <p>Seyhoun’s children, especially Nader Seyhoun, have been trying to negotiate with the landowner to come up with a fair price in order to purchase the gallery. However, the owner has not been cooperating and raised the rent significantly, therefore, the case was taken to court.</p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/saiena-shafiezadeh/seyhoun-gallery-faces-closure">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/saiena-shafiezadeh/seyhoun-gallery-faces-closure#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:13:13 +0000 Saiena Shafiezadeh 128803 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main