Art And Culture

Iranian author, researcher and translator Masoud Khayam, 69, has simplified the philosophy of science in his latest book ‘Half Glimpse: from Aristotle to Heisenberg.’

The 2017 Academy Award nominees came together on Monday, February 6, for the annual Oscars luncheon, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in…

There are a total of 300,000 catalogued manuscripts in the country, says Ehsanollah Shokrollahi, director general of Rare Books at the National Library and Archives of Iran.

‘Gilgamesh,’ a music album composed and produced by musician, writer and painter Payam Ronaq, is to be unveiled on February 10 in Tehran.

Ronaq, 45, is known as a player of didgeridoo, a…

Setare-ye-Qotbi (Polaris, literally polar star) Music Group, an all-female Iranian pop band, will have their last performance for the current year that ends in March, at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in…

Well-known Japanese musician Kitaro has offered his condolences to the people of Iran on the Plasco Building tragedy.

Kitaro who held a concert in Tehran in October 2014, sympathized with…

Shirin Art Gallery and Houman Charity Organization in Tehran will hold a one-day exhibition of artworks by female artists on February 8.

The event is organized as part of a campaign to…

The 10th Tehran International Tourism Exhibition opened Monday in the presence of Zahra Ahmadipour, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. 

Speaking at…

Two Iranian short films and a short animation have won awards at the 3rd Atlas Award International Film Festival in Boston.

The movies ‘Hunting’ and ‘Silence’ both directed by Zahra Jafari…

Acclaimed Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei has been invited by the organizers of the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to serve as a jury member in the 36th edition of the event to be…

‘The Cat’s Become So Nice,’ a book for kids written by children’s author Farhad Hassanzadeh, 55, will soon be released by Tehran-based Elmi-Farhangi Publishing Company (EPC).

The second National Conference on Books and Publishing is to be held on February 12 in Tehran.

It is organized by Hekmat Cultural Jihad Institute under the joint auspices of Civilica, a…

Arabic studies scholar Beatrice Grundler from Germany has been announced as one of the winners of the 2017 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (abbreviated as DFG in German) for her…

Tehran City Theater is holding a scientific seminar on the interrelation between creative drama and psychology, in joint cooperation with the Art Department of Iranian Academic Center for…

The 34th edition of the National Award for the Book of the Year will conclude on Tuesday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

Selected books will be announced and writers will be…

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has protested President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations, including Iran, by rehanging works of artists from those nations.

Iranian graphic designer and painter Mostafa Asadollahi, 67, will organize the second edition of ‘Conceptual Accessories Group Exhibition’ in May.

Acclaimed German writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet Martin Mosebach will attend a seminar on the topic of new developments in German literature, organized by Book City Institute in…

The Gemstones Permanent Museum, Exhibition and Store opened at Khorasan Grand Museum in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province.

The inauguration ceremony was held on February 1 in the…

The play ‘Broken Window’, based on stories by American short-story writer and poet Raymond Carver (1938-1988), is currently on stage at the Performance House in Tehran.

A calligraphy exhibition showcasing artworks created by the late master calligrapher Seyed Hossein Mirkhani (1907-1982) is underway at Tarane Baran Art Gallery in Tehran.

An expert in…

Iranian TV and cinema actor Hassan Joharchi passed away on Friday, February 3, in Tehran at the age of 48.

Due to liver complications, the actor was admitted to the ICU of Imam Khomeini…

‘Mirza Reza’s Gun,’ a play in the genre of magical realism, started its second run after the conclusion of the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival (January 20-31) in Tehran and seven other…

Tehran Theater Campus, also known as Khavaran Theater Complex, officially opens on Sunday, February 5, on the occasion of the 10-day Dawn (Fajr) Festivities (January 31-February 10) which marks…

The 2017 Bologna Children Book Fair, to be held April 3-6 in Bologna in northern Italy, will feature the works of four Iranian illustrators among other participants.