Barjeel Art Foundation is an independent, UAE-based initiative established to manage, preserve, and exhibit an extensive collection of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art. The foundation’s guiding principle is to contribute to the intellectual development of the art scene in the Arab region by building a prominent, publicly accessible art collection in the UAE. Part of this objective involves developing a public platform to foster critical dialogue around contemporary art practices with a focus on artists with Arab heritage internationally. The first exhibition of Arab modern art that took place in Iran was presented by the Barjeel Art Foundation under the name “The Sea Suspended: Arab Modernism from the Barjeel Collection” atTehran Museum of Contemporary Art in autumn of 2016.