Art And Culture

Four films from Iran plus one by Iran-born American-based director will be screened at the 70th Cannes Film Festival slated for May 17-28 in Cannes, France.

According to the festival’s…

Iranian composer, santur player and arranger Ardavan Kamkar, 49, a member of the Kamkars ensemble, will perform a concert next week and conduct a master class in Shiraz, the capital city of Fars…

A two-act play ‘The Homecoming,’ written in 1964 by Nobel laureate English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter (1930-2008), will be staged tonight at Arghanoun Hall in…

Tehran is hosting a musical performance of Swedish and European music on Saturday that will be performed by the Chamber Choir of the School of Music in Pitea.

The event scheduled for April…

Abron band, led by Iranian singer, songwriter, saxophonist and clarinet player Masoud Azimifar, 31, is preparing for a concert in Tehran, titled ‘Songs of Motherland’ (in Persian: ‘Taranehaye…

Iranian feature film ‘Another Time’ directed by Nahid Hassanzadeh has won the jury’s recognition at the Athens International Film and Video Festival (AIFVF) in the US.

The Blind Owl, a play based on two famous stories by Iranian writer and translator Sadeq Hedayat (1903-1951) is underway at the Chaharsou Hall of Tehran City Theater.

Theater director,…

Ten months after the death of the veteran Iranian singer-songwriter Habib Mohebian, popularly known as Habib, his elder son Ahmadreza has now released his first track in which he has collaborated…

‘The Clothes on Their Backs,’ a novel about identity and belonging written by English writer and journalist Linda Grant, 66, is now available in Persian.

The Persian translation of the book…

For the first time in its history of 80 years, a woman has been appointed as head of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), better known as National Library of Iran.

Filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi, secretary of the 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), pointed to the goals of the festival to reach international standards, and explained what has been planned…

One year after the release of its successful album ‘Walk of Ordibehesht,’ Daal band will perform at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

Daal will present new songs at its upcoming concert, slated for May…

A total of 380 foreign publishers will participate in the 30th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), slated for May 3-13 at the new ‘Shahr-e-Aftab’ (Sun City) complex in south Tehran.

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Pop and traditional singer Mohammad Esfahani will collaborate with Iran’s National Orchestra in its upcoming concerts to be held in late April and early May.

The first performances of the…

According to the latest updates about Iranian auteur Majid Majidi’s new film which is currently being shot in Mumbai, two new Indian actresses have joined the cast.

Theater actress Malavika…

The Italian filmmaker Costanza Quatriglio’s new movie ‘Just Like My Son’ will shoot part of her film in Iran.

Quatriglio’s drama is to become the first Italian production to be shot in Iran…

The clock of Shamsolemareh, the finest edifice on the eastern wing of Golestan Palace and the first high rise in Tehran, started to run after a 90-year slumber.

The 20th Iranian International Film Market (IFM), held together with the 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), April 21-28, will screen over 30 domestic productions to the foreign…

The KINDL, a center for contemporary art in Berlin, Germany, is presenting the first comprehensive retrospective of the Iranian artist Shirana Shahbazi.

Born in Tehran Shahbazi, 43, is a…

Platform 28, an art organization based in Tehran, has opened an exhibition to review the design of a unique piece of modern furniture.

The 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) has revealed the names of movies in several non-competitive sections including Festival of Festivals and Retrospective of Korean Cinema.

‘Servant,’ an Iranian animation directed by animation maker and screenwriter Farnoush Abedi, 32, has reached the lineup for the 2017 Cortoons Gandia festival in Spain.

Cortoons Gandia is an…

The first exhibition at Shirin Gallery in Tehran in the new Persian year (started March 21) is a curatorial exhibit of visual arts via literature which opened on Friday.

Titled ‘Flatland…

Austro-Iranian Symphony Orchestra (AISO) will present its spring concert in Tehran, performing pieces by German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and Austrian composer Wolfgang…

The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (IIDCYA) has published Jabbar Baghcheban’s ‘Daddy Snowman’ in English.

The book was presented at the 54th…