Art And Culture

Pop singer, composer, trumpet player and music arranger Omid Hajili, 33, will give concert at the Milad auditorium of Tehran Permanent Fairground. Hajili’s concerts are slated for September 6-7…

Vista Art Gallery in Tehran is organizing Vista Prize 2018 and has called for submission of entries.

The prize focuses on creative ideas and innovative designs in contemporary art. It…

Iranian architect Elnaz Tehrani and Italian interior and industrial designer and musician Lorenzo Palmeri have curated a lighting design show titled ‘Light On Light Off.’

The two…

The latest wide release across Iran, ‘Searing Summer’ directed by Ebrahim Irajzad hit the screens on August 30. Irajzad’s debut film is about a woman who wants to get a divorce from her husband…

‘Wander About Me’, a feature film directed by Ghazaleh Soltani is on show in Tehran and other cities. The social drama is about a 30-year-old woman living in Tehran, who one day decides to…

Ten cinemas are showing the film ‘Parinaaz’, directed by Bahram Bahramian, which was made five years ago but was denied a permit by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance until last month…

Amir Naderi’s latest film ‘Monte’ (Mountain), a joint production of Italy, France and the US, is being screened across Iran. The highly symbolic movie is set centuries ago in 1350 AD, and tells…

Veteran calligrapher Ali Reza Irani has set up a solo exhibition at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

Gallery No. 2 of the complex is hosting the exhibit. The event opened September 1…

Renowned filmmaker Majid Majidi will participate in the 61st British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival in October with ‘Beyond the Clouds’.

According to the Telegram channel of…

Self-taught artist Kaveh Yari has hammered his way into creating his latest exhibit at Sohrab Art Gallery in Tehran.

Yari has shaped iron and copper into portraits and symbolic motifs,…

Acclaimed painter and sculptor Hassan Vahedi, 70, has set up an exhibition of his manual prints at Hoor Art Gallery in Tehran.

The exhibition opened August 25 and will continue only…

‘Scripts People Live: Transactional Analysis of Life Scripts,’ a self-help book by French-American psychotherapist and writer Claude Steiner (1935-2017) will be debated at a meeting at the…

A joint video game project has been launched between the Iranian development studio of Dead Mage Inc. and 11 bit Studios, a renowned Polish game developing company.

An improvised play is underway at Shahrzad Theater. It is about the Iranian cigarette brand named Bahman and also a man with the same name. The play is directed and funded by actor and theater…

‘Wishbone,’ the latest album by celebrated pop singer and composer Mazyar Fallahi, 42, will be released soon.

It is expected to be released next week, Navaye Fars (navayefars.com)…

At his latest exhibition, multidisciplinary artist Sadra Wojdani shows a collection of innovative ceramic works, potteries and earthen crafts.

‘… Became Pottery’ is the name of Wojdani’s…

Orff Orchestra, led by children’s musician, conductor and author Masoud Nazar, will be on stage September 10-11 at Vahdat Hall in Tehran.

“I will conduct the orchestra and Simin Qadiri,…

‘Romance of Farhad’ (in Persian: Asheqane-e-Farhad), a musical performance of physical theater is underway at Khavaran Theater Complex. It opened August 20 and will run through September 8,…

‘Friends, Rivals’ (in Persian: Rofaqa, Roqaba) is a musical comedy rendered in the traditional style of Iranian theater. The play is written and directed by Rouhollah Iraji. It opened August 14…

Iranian Artists Forum is playing host to a black comedy, a product of ‘Va-Nagahan’ theater group. ‘Even Lion’s Hide Can’t Contain Me’ (in Persian:  Man dar Pouste Shiram Nemigonjam) is…

Film director Amir Shahab Razavian tells stories with his simple drawings. For the first time in Iran, Razavian is planning an exhibition of drawings he created since 1996.

When Iran signed an agreement with world powers to limit the scope of its nuclear program in 2015 in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions, President Hassan Rouhani’s…

‘The Eliminated’ is the latest exhibit by painter Ali Zakeri, 58, underway at Homa Art Gallery. It opened August 25 and will run through September 5. Visiting hours are from 11 am-7 pm. On…

The first edition of ‘Show of Hands,’ a festival of solo piano improvisations, is to be held on September 13-18 at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

Celebrated pop singer Mehdi Jahani is to stage his first official concert.

“Thanks be to the Lord… With my mother’s prayers and the arduous efforts of my brothers and friends, I will…