Art And Culture

Seven short films from Iran have been selected to compete at the 21st Religion Today Film Festival in Trento, Italy, October 4-11. The movies include Return by Shahriar Pourseyedian, The…

Contemporary And Modern Art Gallery, known as CAMA, in Tehran is hosting a series of modernist paintings from 1921 to 1986 by anonymous and little known artists.

The exhibition “Untitled…

Celebrated pop and flamenco singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist Shahram Shokouhi will hold a concert at the Ministry of Interior Auditorium in Tehran.

On August 16,…

A novel by Austrian writer Robert Seethaler, about a young man and his friendship with celebrated physiologist Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna, is available in Persian.

Violinist Amin Ghafari will join Suk Chamber Orchestra in the Czech Republic as a soloist.

Suk Chamber Orchestra, one of the leading Czech music ensembles will hold a concert on August 8…

British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has once again left his mark on the environment with a stunning new installation. Created for the Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi and…

Ink wash paintings of young artist Niloufar Kefayati are on show at Negah Art Gallery.

The exhibit is dubbed “Rorschach and I” as the artist has drawn inspiration for her works from the…

Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran will host a festival of percussion solo with the participation of young musicians.

Located on Jolfa Street, northwest of Seyyed-Khandan Bridge,…

Two major cultural venues in Tehran, Niavaran Cultural Center and Roudaki Hall, will host the upcoming National Festival of Youth Music.

The book “History of World Literature”, a literary tour of the world and history, written by scholar, author, literary critic and lecturer Grant L. Voth, professor emeritus at Monterey Peninsula…

The Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth has purchased two Persian miniature paintings by the veteran contemporary painter Farah Ossouli.

Paintings are part of…

All the artworks Homayoun Boroumandi has brought to his new exhibit underway at Saless Art Gallery are sculptures in the form of the letter H in Persian language, “هـ”

The sculptures are…

Celebrating the 112th anniversary of Iranian Constitution, Niavaran Historical Cultural Complex in north Tehran has organized an exhibition of photos and documents on the historical movement…

Tehran Symphony Orchestra will play classical compositions on August 21-22 at Tehran’s iconic Vahdat Hall.

Pop music group 7Band is to perform at Isfahan’s City Center. The trio will have two concerts on August 10. The group of three singers is led by Arash Qannadi, 40, who also plays the keyboard…

A group photo exhibition organized by 26 photographers is underway at Persian Idea Gallery until August 8.

“The Idea” features 20 photographs of landscapes and portraits taken by Imazh…

More of Iran’s long-hidden western works will go on show next year along with local art, as part of a major exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

The comedy play “Fools,” by American playwright Neil Simon is being performed at Fourth Wall Theater until August 22.

The play “Summerless” written and directed by Amir Reza Koohestani is to be performed at Iranshahr Theater August 5-18.

It tells the story of a painter, a school principal and a young…

The 26th edition of the annual “100 Works, 100 Artists” exhibition and sale at Golestan Art Gallery in Tehran generated 1.7 billion rials ($17,500) on Friday.

According to the Persian…

Despite a century of scientific scrutiny, the 5,000-year old Neolithic monument in southern England, known as Stonehenge, has yielded few secrets about the people buried amidst its ring of…

Feature film “The Redhead” by Karim Lakzadeh will be competing in the 4th Quito International Film Festival  in Ecuador, August 14-19.

Written and directed by Lakzadeh, the movie is…

Pop and traditional singer Ali Zand-Vakili will perform four concerts in Milad Tower on August 6-7.

He will sing a selection of his popular songs, including his recent “Sattar Khan”…

Short animation “The Bystander” directed by Sheyda Kashi has entered the lineup for the 32nd Festival International du Film Amateur de Kelibia in Tunisia, August 12-19.

The 8-minute…

Filmmaker and film editor Pouya Parsa-Maqam’s solo exhibition is underway at Dastan Gallery until August 10. Titled “On the Pictures” the exhibition includes photography, video art and painting…