{"id":7557,"date":"2009-11-24T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2015-02-21T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T12:51:32","slug":"international-cartoon-biennial-opens-in-tehran-and-ahvaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/international-cartoon-biennial-opens-in-tehran-and-ahvaz\/","title":{"rendered":"International Cartoon Biennial Opens in Tehran and Ahvaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nThe 9th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial opened Sunday with a ceremony at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute. <strong>The biennial is being held concurrently at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts and the Ahvaz Museum of Contemporary Art from November 22 to December 16<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irancartoon.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2919   aligncenter\" title=\"Tehran International Cartoon Biennial \" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Tehran-Intl-Cartoon-Biennial-2009.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran International Cartoon Biennial \" width=\"300\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Tehran-Intl-Cartoon-Biennial-2009.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Tehran-Intl-Cartoon-Biennial-2009-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irancartoon.com\/2salane\/index9.htm\" target=\"_blank\">List of Participants<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by officials as well as artists including Bahman Abdi, Mohammad-Hossein Nirumand and Kiumars Derambakhsh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People visit the 9th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial, which opened at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran on November 22, 2009.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2921 aligncenter\" title=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/9th-Tehran-Cartoon-Biennial1.jpg\" alt=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA total of 4,238 artworks were submitted to the gala&#8217;s secretariat out of which 839 works are going on display at the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is in five categories. The Cartoon section has a sub-section on the theme of fear and also one that is free theme. The Comic Strip section is free theme and the Caricature section has a sub-section on the theme of political portraits and also one that is free theme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Turkey, China and Brazil respectively are the most active participants in the event.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2922 aligncenter\" title=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial Ahmadinejad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/9th-Tehran-Cartoon-Biennial-Ahmadinejad.jpg\" alt=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial Ahmadinejad\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2923 aligncenter\" title=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/9th-Tehran-Cartoon-Biennial5.jpg\" alt=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2924 aligncenter\" title=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/9th-Tehran-Cartoon-Biennial6.jpg\" alt=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2925 aligncenter\" title=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/9th-Tehran-Cartoon-Biennial10.jpg\" alt=\"9th Tehran Cartoon Biennial\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Source: Mehr News Agency, Tehran (photos by Raouf Mohseni)<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial opened Sunday with a ceremony at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute. 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