Art And Culture

‘Animal Farm,’ a solo painting exhibition by graphic designer and animator Mohammad Babakoohi is underway at Arte Gallery in Tehran.

The exhibition opened July 14 and will run through July…

In her first solo painting exhibition in Iran, Paris-based Iranian artist Raheleh Rowshandel has explored the role of goats through Iran’s history, myths, stories and ethnic groups.

A total of 507 bookshops have so far participated at Summer Book Sale, a national program organized by the Book House Institute.  

Munich is hosting a festival titled ‘Cinema Iran 2017’ which shows a selection of current Iranian fiction and non-fiction feature films, July 12-16.

The selection includes movies set…

A group of artists has presented a collection of sculptures made of recycled metals at Nooran Art Gallery in Qaemshahr, Mazandaran Province.

Titled ‘Metal Voice’, it is a group sculpture…

Director, screenwriter, playwright, translator and actor Dariush Moaddabian will stage two bilingual plays by Belgian humor writer André Praga.

Moaddabian, 67, and a group of students of…

The Mobile Theater Trailer of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has reached Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in southwestern part of Iran.

Acclaimed Iranian musician, composer and orchestra conductor Nasser Cheshmazar will soon release his latest composition ‘Miracle of Peace’.

Cheshmazar, famous for his memorable film scores…

Iranian songstress Simin Ghanem will perform live at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on August 24-25.

Performed exclusively for female audiences, the concert will present several of her memorable…

‘Metal Improvisations’ (in Persian: Bedahehaye Felezi) is an ongoing sculpture exhibition by Iranian painter and sculptor Negar Najibi at Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

The cinematheque of Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran will screen a selection of award winning Iranian animations on Saturday, July 15.

Starting at 8 pm, the public screening event will be…

Three Iranian master sculptors have set up an exhibition at Farmanfarma Art Gallery in Tehran.

Titled ‘Nostalgia’ the group exhibition is held by Kambiz Sabri, 50; Behrouz Heshmat, 67, and…

Kia Literary Agency, based in Tehran, will present over 50 contemporary works of Iran literature at the book fairs in China and Germany.

‘Khayyam Opera,’ the latest vocal puppet performance written, designed and directed by Iranian theater director and pioneer of traditional puppet theater in the country Behrouz Gharibpour is to be…

Veteran Iranian actor Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz will be honored at the 17th Hafez Celebration to be held in Tehran, end of July.

Acclaimed Iranian tar player Ali Qamsari is going to perform concert on Thursday July 13 in Isfahan.

Qamsari’s concert starts at 9 pm and will run for 90 minutes. It is hosted by Khorshid…

The German translation of a part of Persian long epic poem ‘Shahnahmeh’ (Book of Kings) written by Persian poet Ferdowsi (940-1020) will be published in Austria by the early 2018.

Austrian…

The Iranian feature film ‘Bodyguard’ written and directed by prominent filmmaker Ebrahim Hatamikia collected three awards at the Vienna Independent Film Festival (VIFF), July 3-7, in Austria.

‘Inversion,’ a social drama written and directed by Iranian screenwriter and director Behnam Behzadi is to be screened at 80 cinemas in France.

Iran’s National Orchestra, conducted by veteran composer Fereydoun Shahbazian, 74, will stage its first performance in Mazandaran Province in the last week of July.

Farshid A’raabi, a pioneering and long-standing figure in the Iranian heavy metal and hard rock music scene mixes the thick, massive sound of guitar riffs with elements of traditional Iranian…

The Iranian feature film ‘Daughter’ directed by acclaimed filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi will compete in the main competition section of the 10th Fiuggi Film Festival, Italy, July 24-29.

In its…

Rock musician Kaveh Dowlatnia will stage a number of pieces from his successful album ‘Gol-e Mordab’ (Flower of Swamp) on Monday, July 10, at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

“We’re…

‘Enigmatic Variations,’ a mysterious play about the truth and lies of love written by Franco-Belgian playwright, novelist, short story writer and film director Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, 57, is…

Five Iranian architecture projects and a Turkish one to be implemented in Tehran are among the 2017 World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards finalists.

Projects from 68 countries have been…