Art And Culture

Photographer and filmmaker Pasha Hadiyan, 42, from Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, will show some of his photographs of renowned figures who are the natives of East Azarbaijan and West…

Iranian composer and conductor Ali (Alexander) Rahbari is to appear at a two-day program at Bratislava Reduta Building in the capital of Slovakia.

‘Swedish Dads’ photo series taken by Swedish photographer and photojournalist Johan Bavman is to be displayed at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

An exhibition of artworks by foreign artists who live in Berlin will be held at Azad Art Gallery in Tehran from April 21.

Titled ‘Copy/Paste’, the project is curated by two Iranian artists…

The 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) has organized special sightseeing tours for this year’s guests.

Program manager Mohammad Salavatifard said there will be 30 night-walking…

Nine galleries from Tehran participated in the 11th Art Dubai, an international art fair held in mid-March in Dubai and presented works of several Iranian modern and contemporary artists.

According to figures released by the music website beeptunes.com, where a vast archive of songs is available for sale and download, the latest album by Iranian musician, singer, record producer…

Iranian actor, playwright and theater director Payam Larian is to stage another play on social violence in Tehran.

After staging his award-winning play ‘Parallel Prowls’ at Tehran’s Molavi…

Iran will be the guest of honor at the 2017 Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) to be held from August 23-27.

The decision was made at a meeting held on March 14 in Tehran between…

Global sales of the Iranian Oscar winning film ‘The Salesman’ have crossed $10 million.

After winning two awards in Cannes Film Festival last May, the film was released in Iran and became…

Three halls in Arg Cinema Complex at the Arg Shopping Center in Tehran’s Tajrish Square, have been officially inaugurated.

It opened a week before the beginning of Persian New Year (March…

The 54th Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) was inaugurated on Monday in Bologna, Italy, in which Iran has a strong presence.

Iran Cultural Fairs Institute represented the country in the…

Traditional vocalist Alireza Ghorbani will perform at a concert on April 7 in Rouen, France.

Composer Saman Samimi, tar player Milad Mohammadi and percussionist Hossein Zehavi will…

Iran Photo Museum in Tehran is showing historical photographs from the Qajar (1785-1925) and Pahlavi (1925-1979) eras.

The exhibition ‘An Account of the Past’ (in Persian: Revayat-e-…

The Iranian Embassy in Ankara has recently published a book ‘Norouz in Our Joint Culture.’

The book in Istanbul Turkish is titled ‘Ortak Kulturumuzde Nevruz’ and is available in 3,000…

The 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), slated for April 21-28 in Tehran, has announced its programs of side events and special screenings.

In a section called ‘Retrospective of…

‘Sohrevardi,’ a play on life and philosophy of the Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of illumination or ‘Hikmat al Ishraq’ Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Sohrevardi (1154-1191…

‘An Awfully Beastly Business,’ a series of fantasy books for young adults, is now available in Persian.

Of this adventure fantasy series, written collaboratively by three British friends,…

The first ‘Radical Performance International Festival’ is being organized by New Media Circle, affiliated to Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMoCA).

“The precise date of the festival…

Movies scheduled for Norouz (Persian New Year) screenings hit Iranian cinemas on Wednesday, a week ahead of the turn of the year and beginning of spring on March 20.

Tehran’s Dar ul-Funun will host the first artistic award ceremony, referred to as ‘Heart of Tehran,’ on April 14 to mark the 230th anniversary of Tehran as the national capital of Iran.

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Actor and director Javad Ensafi, 65, has brought his five years of research in Norouz (New Year) traditions and festivities into a play based on the vernal equinox.

A novel by writer and translator of contemporary German literature Mahmoud Hosseinizad, 70, has been released, a decade after its completion.

The thriller ‘20 Zakhm-e-Kari’ (20 Deadly…

A collection of 31 comic stories written by Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian, 79, titled ‘Kharestan’ (literally, ‘donkey land’) has  proved to be a great hit in the…

An exhibition of 163 artworks by the most sought-after Iranian, Arab and Turkish artists will be held in Dubai March 16-18, and then auctioned on March 18 at Christie’s upcoming sale of modern and…