Art And Culture

Professor Ahmad Mohit, the renowned researcher with expertise in medicine, literature, psychology and psychiatry, will attend a public meeting to be hosted by Ayandeh Bookstore in Tehran.

Melal Cultural Center in Tehran is displaying attractions of South Korea in form of a cultural exhibition organized jointly by that country’s embassy and Tehran Municipality’s Organization of…

Graphic designs of innovative Iranian artist Parisa Tashakori are on display at Brick City Galleries in Missouri, US.

Titled ‘Parisa Tashakori: Graphic Design,’ the exhibit opened…

Acclaimed musician, composer and orchestra conductor Nasser Cheshmazar will perform with a huge orchestra of 80 instrumentalists in Tehran.

His ‘Nostalgia Concert’ is slated for…

Veteran painter Hossein Mahjoobi has put together half a century of experience in a new exhibit and is presenting a delicate world of ‘Horses and Trees.’  

The famous play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ written by American playwright Tennessee Williams and directed by Iran’s Mohsen Hajnorouzi is currently on stage at Niavaran Cultural Center. The play…

Actor and theater director Parsa Pirouzfar currently has ‘Matryoshka’ on stage at Paliz Theater. Based on eight short stories by the famous Russian playwright and short story writer Anton…

The play ‘Doubt’ written by American playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley and directed by Iran’s Behrouz Sarikhani is on stage at 3-Noghte (3 dots) Hall. Written in 2004, it is set…

An adaptation of the Armenian play ‘Arsen’, written by contemporary Armenian dramatist Karine Khodikian and directed by Iranian theater director Behzad Sediqi is on stage at Tehran City Theater…

Iran’s Children Orchestra, directed by veteran composer and pianist Soudabeh Salem, 63, is going to stage a collection of ‘Singing Games’ from folk and oral culture.

‘Singing Games’ will…

Eight Iranian films have been accepted in the competition sections of the 4th International Short Film Festival ‘Short Form’ in Serbia.

In the Micro Film section with 29 titles, Iran is…

A number of santur compositions by the late composer Faramarz Payvar (1933-2009) have been published in an album titled ‘Dardasht.’

‘Dardasht’ includes four pieces Payvar, the late…

Iran National Orchestra, featuring traditional singer Salar Aqili, will perform two concerts on September 5 at Milad Tower in Tehran.

Concerts are slated at 7 and 10 pm and will be…

Iranian feature film ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand had its international premiere September 2 at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and was followed by rave…

The 7th edition of Tehran National Sculpture Biennial will open September 5 and will run through October 14.

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) will host the biennial whose title…

The 19th celebration of House of Cinema, which selects the best in Iranian movies released locally in the past year, has announced nominees in various categories.

A combination of poetry, painting and installation art by painter and graphic designer Azadeh Nikoo is on display at the art gallery of Rooberoo Mansion. The exhibition is titled ‘Wings and Fins…

A group exhibition of urban and street photography is underway at Theme Art Gallery. Titled ‘Urban,’ the exhibit appreciates urban life with its diverse aspects including residents and their…

Golestan Art Gallery is hosting a solo painting exhibition by Sina Javadi. Twenty paintings are on display at the gallery. They are created with cut-out technique in which flat surfaces of…

Painter and sketch artist Erfan Jamshidi is showing what it would look like if evolution, this gradual change of genetic composition, approached not ideal forms but flaws and freakish anomalies…

English posters for four Iranian films ‘Blockage’ by Mohsen Gharaee, ‘Israfil’ by Ida Panahandeh, ‘Conditional Release’ by Hossein Shahabi and ‘Negar’ by Rambod Javan have been unveiled.

A collection of artworks created with, or based on, wood are on display at the gallery of Aaran Projects in Tehran.

The Iranian ensemble of Bel Canto Symphony Orchestra will perform a repertoire of Italian operas at Vahdat Hall. Conducted by composer and conductor Nima Panahiha, the 48-member group will…

Pop singer Houman Sezavar, 37, will stage his first concert on September 8 at Eyvan Shams Hall. Sezavar is a famous singer for 13 years. But this is his first official concert planned for 6 and…

Traditional vocalist Kamran Saffarifar will sing again at Eyvan-Shams Hall.  Four months after his previous performance, Saffarifar will reappear at the same venue on September 7, Ritmeno (…