The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art closes for fumigation after two silverfish were spotted on a Bernd and Hilla Becher photo:
In a video posted bytwo silverfish—mostly nocturnal insects that tend to feed on starchy materials like paper—were caught in the act scurrying across a photograph by theThe video, which has been viewed over one million times and garnered more than 1,300 comments on Instagram, shows only two of the pests. But where there is one, there are likely many, raising concerns not only for the Becher work, but also for the rest of the museum’s collection.
“A field investigation has been done and an external expert will come to the museum for further investigation,” museum director Ebadorreza Eslami-Kulai, who took over the reigns just this year, told Iranian news agency ISNA. “There is no concern. These things can happen when the works are taken out of their packaging and brought to the galleries.” Eslami-Kulai said the Becher work was not damaged.
This is the second scandal to rock the museum in recent months. In March, former director Ehsan Aqai was fired after a mishap in which performance artist Yaser Khaseb, which consists of a large vat of oil.
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