Alberto Gonzalez Casals made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Latin America Cartoon and Caricature Exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) on Thursday, IRNA reported on Friday.

Condemned the Zionist regime’s ongoing bombardment and blockade of the Gaza Strip, he said: “What is happening in Palestine is a crime. While we are here, people are martyred in Palestine and they don’t even have the minimum facilities.”

Hamas launched Operation al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories on October 7 in response to intensified crimes by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In response, the Zionist regime waged an all-out war on Gaza, killing more than 8,700 people, about half of them children, and wounding tens of thousands in the tightly besieged enclave.

Casals also said he was honored to be in the exhibition where “we had the chance to have some of the best Latin American artists present.”

Showcasing works from 15 countries in Latin America, the cartoon and caricature exhibition opened November 11 with the presence of art directors and Iranian and foreign artists in Tehran.

Explaining about the background of cooperation with global artists, Masoud Shojaei Tabatabai, the secretary of the exhibition, said: “The history of extensive and continuous interaction with artists of the world, including Latin America, goes back to the 1st Tehran Cartoon Biennial in 1992. During the next three decades, a deep cultural and artistic connection was established between Iran and Latin American countries, which led to the organization of this global event in Tehran.”

Also speaking at the ceremony, the deputy director of the Art Bureau said: “The Latin American artists whose works are displayed at this exhibition are among the best cartoonists and caricaturists in the world.”

“They have, with their delicate art, offered us the most bitter issues in an artistic way,” Seyyed Amir Javid added.

Works by artists from Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Nicaragua are on display until November 19 at the TMoCA, adjacent to Laleh Park, North Kargar Ave.

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The Cinematheque Hall of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMOCA) screened two films by accomplished French writer and filmmaker Claire Denis, namely ‘White Material’ and ‘35 Shots of Rum’ on October 29 and 31. Denis, 71, is widely considered as one of the strongest voices in contemporary world cinema. Her work has a lasting impact on Europe’s cinematic identity and deals with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa plus issues in modern-day France, Mehr News Agency reported. ‘White Material’ (2009) was nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival in Italy. Maria Vial, the main character is a struggling French coffee producer in an unnamed French speaking African country, who decides to stay at her coffee plantation in spite of an erupting civil war. The film was well received, earning high ratings and appearing in several movie critics’ top lists in 2010. ‘35 Shots of Rum’ (2008) has been very well received by critics. The review aggregator website Metacritic gave it a score of 96 out of 100, making it the second-best reviewed film of the year, with Rotten Tomatoes rating it 97%. It is about Lionel, a widower, who has raised his daughter Josephine on his own since she was young. The two are used to living alone, dependent solely on one another. But, now that Josephine is in college, Lionel is beginning to realize they cannot stay isolated forever.

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