Katrin Nahidi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Graz. She has taught at the University of Graz, University of Osnabrück, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her articles on Iranian Modernism have been published in academic journals, including kritische berichte, Stedelijk Studies, and Artl@s Bulletin.

• Introduction; 1. Exhibitions of modern Iranian art – the construction of a secular heritage; 2. Cultural politics in Pahlavi Iran – Tmoca's architecture and the evolution of Gharbzadegi in arts and politics; 3. 'Saqqakhaneh revisited' – the art of historiographical construction of a local modernism; 4. Jalil Ziapour and the Fighting Rooster Association (Korus-e Jangi); Conclusion.

Katrin Nahidi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Graz. She has taught at the University of Graz, University of Osnabrück, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her articles on Iranian Modernism have been published in academic journals, including kritische berichte, Stedelijk Studies, and Artl@s Bulletin.

• Introduction; 1. Exhibitions of modern Iranian art – the construction of a secular heritage; 2. Cultural politics in Pahlavi Iran – Tmoca's architecture and the evolution of Gharbzadegi in arts and politics; 3. 'Saqqakhaneh revisited' – the art of historiographical construction of a local modernism; 4. Jalil Ziapour and the Fighting Rooster Association (Korus-e Jangi); Conclusion.