Art And Culture

The 7th edition of Tehran National Sculpture Biennial is slated for September 5-October 22.

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will host the biennial whose title and main theme is ‘…

Iranian documentary ‘Weavers of Dream’ will be shown at the first edition of Sunrise 45 Film, Music and Art Festival, August 18-20, in the US city of Alpena, Michigan.

Directed by Seyed…

Celebrated traditional vocalist Ali Reza Ghorbani, 45, is on tour across Iran.

After the first leg of his concert tour in Tehran, held successfully on June 8-9 at Vahdat Hall, Ghorbani…

Iranian theater director Hossein Parsaei will stage a musical adaptation of the famous novel ‘Oliver Twist’, written by English author Charles Dickens, at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall soon.

A…

Iranian short animation ‘The Servant’ has recently won Best Animation Award at the 40th Elche International Independent Film Festival in Spain.

National Library and Archives Organization of Iran will unveil the Persian edition of a book referred to by distinguished Iranian polymath and physician Avicenna (980-1037) when writing his…

Galeri Idil in Istanbul is showcasing visual artworks by 40 Iranian artists.

Titled ‘Mehr’, the exhibition opened August 3 and will run through August 14. It is organized under the…

Iranian feature animation film ‘Kelileh & Demneh’ has received the special jury prize in the children’s cinema section of the 13th Eurasia International Film Festival in Astana, Kazakhstan,…

Two short films and a short animation, all from Iran, will compete at the 23rd Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol, England.

The selected Iranian films include short…

Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran will play host to a pop concert competition attended by celebrated artists on August 10.

Theater director Kourosh Soleimani will stage the one-act play ‘Follow Me’ from August 17 at Mowlavi Hall in Tehran.

Iran will participate at the 24th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), slated for August 23-27, with over 1000 titles.

Selected as the guest of honor, Iran will attend the upcoming…

Criminals, thugs, frauds and charlatans are portrayed in a solo drawing exhibition in Tehran set up by Iranian sketch artist Sahand Heshmati Afshar.

The play ‘Anna Karenina’, based on the famous novel of the same name by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), will be staged at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran from August 8.

It was earlier…

The Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the presidential office, will hold an expert meeting on the ‘Silk Embroidery of Azarbaijan.’

It is the second meeting of such expertise held…

Over 7,000 films have been submitted to the upcoming edition of Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF).

The 34th TISFF, slated for October 17-22, has received a total of 7,444…

The 6th International Urban Film Festival concluded in Tehran, August 5, by honoring two veteran Iranian cineastes and awarding the winners in different categories.

Actress Zhaleh Olov and…

Iranian theater director, dramaturge, playwright, author and actor Reza Kouchakzadeh, 41, has adapted ‘Rashomon’ for stage.

‘The Private Life of Chairman Mao,’ the memoirs of the Chinese ruler’s personal physician Dr. Li Zhisui, is now available in Persian.

The book is a biography of Mao Zedong (1893-1976),…

Laleh Art Gallery in Tehran is replete with bright colors. It is playing host to a group illustration exhibition by 50 artists.

Titled ‘Colorful Contemplation,’ the exhibit is curated by…

Composer and pianist Mehrzad Khajeh Amiri, accompanied by his large band, will present a ‘New Age Night’ on August 31 in Tehran.

The concert starts at Azadi Tower at 9 pm and will feature a…

Two new halls have recently been added to the Malek National Library and Museum in Tehran.

The first museum hall in the country on the subject of ‘storytelling in the history of Iran’ was…

‘Religious Change in Iran Under the Early Safavids,’ a book in German by Zurich-based author and researcher Farida Stickel has recently been released by De Gruyter, an independent academic…

Saman Moqaddam’s ‘The Whale 2’ has become Iran’s highest grossing film of all time, grossing over 200 billion rilas (5.33 million).

East meets West in this poetic collaboration between Iranian composer and kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, 54, and the jazz music ensemble of Rembrandt Trio, based in the Netherlands.