Art And Culture

‘Blood on the Cat’s Neck,’ a 1971 absurdist play originally written by German filmmaker and actor Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982) will be staged July 31-August 13 at Tehran’s Baran Theater.…

The line-up for various sections of the 74th Venice Film Festival was announced on July 27 and showed Iran will be present in the Horizons section with two feature films.

‘No Date, No…

A group of scholars met on July 26 to review and debate ‘Another Hundred Years,’ a recent book containing poems by contemporary Persian and Tabarian poet Nima Yushij, which were unpublished prior…

The acclaimed traditional Persian singer Hossein Khajeh Amiri, 84, better known as Iraj, will sing at a joint concert with his pop singer son, Ehsan, in Tehran, August 14-15.

To be held at…

A collection of paintings by ‘contemporary legendary artists’ is on display at Tehran’s Negah Art Gallery.

With the opening on Friday, the exhibit will run through August 23 at the gallery…

Performance artist Yaser Khaseb, 36, head of theater troupe ‘Crazy Body,’ has brought out the latest run of his solo show ‘Mysterious Gift’ at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran.

Mysterious Gift…

Two Iranian films have been awarded at the 3rd Around International Film Festival (ARFF) in Amsterdam.

Environmental film ‘Kupal’ has won the Best Feature Film Award and ‘999999999’ also…

The Society for Appreciation of Cultural Works and Dignitaries will hold a ceremony to commemorate the works of Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of illumination or ‘Hikmat al…

The animation ‘Kelileh & Demneh’ has had its first international presence at the 13th Eurasia International Film Festival in Kazakhstan, July 22-28.

Participating in the children’s…

An exhibition of Persian paintings (Iranian school of miniature) by Mohammad-Baqer Aqamiri is currently underway at Azadi Tower Gallery in Tehran.

The History Museum in Amol, Mazandaran Province, has set up an exhibition of old drawings and manuscripts from medieval and ancient Greek schools of medicine.

Renowned theater director and playwright Mohammad Rahmanian will stage ‘Facing Mirrors,’ a play based on a namesake screenplay by critically acclaimed playwright, theater and film director Bahram…

Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA), affiliated to House of Cinema, will hold the 8th edition of Independent Short Film Festival August 27-September 6 in Tehran.

The Iranian Academy of Arts, affiliated to the presidential office, will hold the first expert meeting on silk embroidery today, July 26, at its premises in Tehran.

Organized by the academy…

Phoenix Cultural Center and Cine Iran Festival in Toronto held a special event for Iran’s accomplished actress Leila Hatami on July 22-23 at the main venue of Toronto International Film Festival…

‘What Gandhi Says,’ a 2012 book by American political scientist and author Norman Gary Finkelstein, 63, is now available in Persian.

The late author and translator Mohammad Vaezinejad has…

Prominent filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad will serve as a jury member in the Horizons section of the 74th Venice Film Festival, August 30-September 9.

She was awarded the Best Screenplay…

Professor Taqi Abdulredha al Abdwani, Gulf College (GC) dean, and Bahman Akbari, Persian Language Center (PLC) manager and Iran’s cultural counselor to Muscat, recently signed a memorandum of…

The horror film ‘Zar’ written and directed by Nima Farahi has been selected by the Spotlight Horror Awards, an American virtual magazine for horror films, as one of the award winners in 2017.

Acclaimed Australian cinematographer Peter James, 70, is to conduct a workshop on cinematography at the 6th International Urban Film Festival in Tehran.

‘Passengers’ (in Persian: ‘Mosaferan’), a group photo exhibition by seven photographers, is underway at City Photo Museum in Tehran.

The exhibition is the fruit of a five-month project. It…

Iran will participate at the 2017 Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) as ‘the Colorful Dream of Silk Road.’

‘Iran, the Colorful Dream of Silk Road’ is the country’s motto at the upcoming…

A structure in Mellat Park in north Tehran called ‘Installation #5’ has been selected among the 34 best student design-build projects from around the world in the past year by Archdaily website.…

Prospects for cooperation between Iranian varsities and the University of Vigo, a public institution located in the city of Vigo, Galicia, Spain, were discussed on Friday at a meeting held at the…

Less than a year after actor, writer and theater director Jafar Vali’s demise, his last play will be staged in Tehran.