Art And Culture

Artworks of the young artist Zahra Shafie is on display at a painting exhibition at Mah Art Gallery in Tehran.

Titled ‘Inversion’, it is Shafie’s fourth solo exhibit after two shows in…

Veteran actor Dariush Asadzadeh, 93, was honored at a ceremony at Eivan-e-Shams Hall in Tehran (affiliated to the Art and cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality) on May 15, for 75 years of…

The 1,200-page book ‘Qajar Tile Work,’ on the art of tile designing during the Qajar era (1785-1925) will be reviewed and discussed at a meeting on May 21.

Iranian filmmaker Yousef Kargar has been selected as a member of the international selection board as well as juror for the competition section of the 4th International Festival Cinema Povero, in…

Jury members of the first ‘Radical Performance International Festival’ organized in Tehran, will start selecting works submitted for the event on May 26.

A total of 143 entries were…

Iranian pop singer and songwriter Kourosh Sanati will appear on stage for the first time.

Sanati’s first concert is slated for May 19 at the Persian Gulf auditorium of Niavaran Cultural…

An exhibition of Persian classic paintings will be held at the Harvard Art Museums, part of Harvard University in Massachusetts, the US, May 20-August 13.

Spazio Nour Art Gallery, an art studio in Milan, Italy, is presenting drawings by members of the ‘House of Drawing,’ a center that promotes the art of drawing in Tehran.

The works are…

The first death anniversary of Iranian illustrator, author and artist Parviz Kalantari will be held at Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran on May 20.

The Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) is holding a workshop on May 17 to be conducted by Shahrzad Esfarjani, an expert in creative marketing and communications.

After one and half years of rehearsal, a play based on English playwright Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth has come on stage at Molavi Theater in Tehran.

‘Should Have Died Hereafter,’ directed…

Some untold secrets of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), will be revealed in a documentary, says its maker Pejman Mazaheripour.

The documentary is…

The comedy ‘The Whale 2’, released in cinemas across Iran on May 10, has broken the records of the opening weekend and daily sale at a single cinema.

The connection between ‘Language and Image in Art of Pre-Islamic Iran’ will be reviewed and debated at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran, affiliated to the presidential office.

It will…

A meeting on ‘Myth and Metaphor in Philosophy of Mathematics,’ has been organized for May 17 by Siavash Mirshams Shahshahani, 74, professor of mathematics and head of the Mathematical Sciences…

The play ‘The Hothouse’, written by English playwright Harold Pinter and directed by Iranian theater director Mohammad-Hossein Ziksari will be staged from May 27 at Paliz Theater in Tehran.

The painting and sculpture exhibition ‘Trends and Approaches in Contemporary Iranian Art’ is underway at Pardis Art Gallery in Tehran’s Mellat Cineplex until June 9.

The exhibit opened on…

Two architecture masters Siavash Teimouri and Morteza Sedigh were honored on Friday at a ceremony that also saw the opening of a sketch exhibition by Samira Kazemi at Barsam Art Gallery in Tehran…

Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor and singer Alireza Ghorbani will give a joint performance in Canada after their US tour concludes in New York on May 13.

They will travel to Canada for two…

Iranian painter, graphic designer and print artist Babak Germchi is celebrating the national Ferdowsi Day (May 15) by showcasing 63 of his artworks.

His exhibition at the Diplomatic Gallery…

The play ‘American Buffalo’ written by American playwright David Mamet and directed by Siamak Zeinoddini will be staged from May 15 at City Theater in Tehran.

Written in 1975, the story is…

The play ‘Little Marital Crimes’ is underway at the University of Isfahan.

The 2004 play written by Franco-Belgian playwright, fiction writer and film director Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, 57,…

Screening of a selection of Iranian films is underway at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in Los Angeles.

To celebrate the 180th anniversary of the first Persian newspaper ‘Kaghaz-e Akhbar,’ the Archive Research Center of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) will hold a meeting today ( May…

Book sales at the 30th Tehran International Book Fair, held May 3-13, saw an 18% increase compared to the previous edition of the event, said Amir Masoud Shahramnia, deputy head of the TIBF.