In an article for the Vatan newspaper of Istanbul, Professor Soheil Anwar wrote, "Behzad, this great artist does not belong only to Iran.

"[citation needed] Shortly after, and to much critical acclaim, Behzad held an exhibition, which was sponsored by the French government, at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.

[citation needed] He first practiced a conservative form of Neo-Safavidism, and later developed a new idiom that merged revivalism and modernism.

As Behzad became a living master, he held exhibitions across the world in cities such as London, Prague, New York, Boston and Brussels, as well as in India and Japan.

[3] In honor of the artist, the Behzad Museum was founded in 1994,[6] and is located in Tehran's Sa'dabad Complex[7] and holds a large collection of his works.