Prior to 2015, despite the growing international success of Iranian art, no comprehensive and reliable reference sources about Iranian artists and their works were available. This is where Darz’s story begins. After summoning experts in the contemporary art market and e-platform fields, Darz was initiated and launched in 2018 as a dynamic platform that provides insight on nearly every contemporary Iranian artist from Iran and abroad. Darz was constructed to be a continuously evolving database that infuses transparency into the Iranian art world and initiates dialogue between those who are passionate about it.