Art And Culture

Veteran artist Parviz Tanavoli will showcase a selection of his artworks at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA), 17 years after his last exhibition there.

His solo exhibit titled ‘…

A 2014 book ‘World Order’ by German-American diplomat and political scientist Henry Kissinger, is now available in Persian.

Translator Mohammad Taqi Hosseini, 53, has rendered the book,…

Horror play ‘The Room of Long-Handed Bushasp,’ directed by visual artist, essayist, playwright and theater director Ali Ettehad, 34, opens on June 22, at Tehran’s Shahrzad Theater.

“It is a…

Composer, santur player and arranger Ardavan Kamkar, 49, a member of the Kamkars ensemble, will perform a concert on July 6 at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

He will be accompanied by three…

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri said on Friday the works of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will not leave Iran.

A solo exhibit ‘The Abandoned Places Project’ by photographer Azadeh Behkish has been organized under the auspices of Tehran’s Azad Art Gallery.

The ‘Nightingale of Gilan’ Nasser Masoudi, will release a new album on June 20.

Playwright and theater director Kiumars Moradi is to stage an adaption of Hamlet, with focus on a “lost story” between the lovers of the original tragedy written by English playwright William…

Sa’dabad Cultural Complex in Tehran is hosting an exhibition ‘Exclusive Handicrafts’ made by artisans in the country.

Organized under the auspices of the Office for Handicrafts and…

Iranian calligrapher Javad Khuran received the special jury prize of $50,000, and Habib Ramezanpur won the $20,000 cash award in the Nasta’liq section, at the third Hilya International Calligraphy…

An Iranian feature animation and a short film have won prizes at the 14th Accolade Global Film Competition in California.

The retrospective of Iranian Oscar winner filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is part of the third Trastevere Film Festival, currently underway in the Trastevere district of Rome.

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) hosts an exhibition of a selection of works by veteran painter Nasser Ovissi on Saturday, from 7 to 9 pm.

The exhibit showcases artworks from…

To celebrate and promote blood donation, the Tehran Blood Transfusion Center is to host an international festival of painting, cartoon and illustration at the premises of its Vesal branch, located…

Conceptual photographer Ricardo Cases, 46, from Spain, will conduct a workshop on ‘shooting, editing and photo-book making’ in Tehran.

A group of photographers will get together to make…

The Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is hosting the Festival of Islamic Calligraphy.

Co-organized by the museum and Iran’s Embassy, the event opened on Wednesday and will run…

In collaboration with Kingston College, an exhibition of 56 Iranian artworks was held last month in London’s Capital Art Gallery.

A student project, it was designed to help Iranian art find…

A group photography exhibition on the lives of labor children working under trying conditions is underway at Saless Gallery in Tehran.

Titled ‘Once Upon a Time’, the exhibit shows a total…

National Museum of Iran in Tehran is hosting an exhibition showcasing some unseen artifacts from its collection.

The exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Era, one of the two complexes of the…

Veteran theater director Ali Pouyan will stage ‘Galileo,’ the masterpiece of German playwright and theater director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), in October at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater.

The…

The Music Academy of Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) will add Iranian music to its curriculum.

Anahita Tadayon, director of the cultural office at the Ivorian Embassy told ILNA that Iran and…

Painter and illustrator Hani Najm, 32, has set up a solo exhibition at Did Art Gallery in Tehran, which opened on June 9.

Curator Omid Shams, manager of Hepta Gallery, spoke about the…

The 3rd National Toy Festival will open on August 15 in Tehran and will run through August 19.

It is organized under the auspices of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children…

Iran national football team, also known as Team Melli, qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after clinching a 2-0 victory against Uzbekistan in the third round of Qualifiers games, late…

Classical vocalist and tonbak player Homayoun Shajarian, and composer Sohrab Pournazeri are to stage a multimedia performance based on the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the epic poem written by…