Art And Culture

Author, poet, literary researcher and translator Ziauddin Khosrowshahi, 73, has translated a collection of 81 poems by 70 renowned poets from across the world, who have portrayed the cruelty and…

The 35th Fajr International Theater Festival concluded on Tuesday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall by honoring veteran theater and movie director Ali Rafiee, 78, for a lifetime of achievement in the…

The second edition of Urmia Lake Revitalization Festival, held in Tabriz City Theater Hall, in East Azarbaijan Province, wrapped up on February 1.

The event covered different sections on…

‘My Many Unknowns,’ a solo exhibition of calligraphic paintings by modern painter Fatemeh Hassani will open Friday at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

The exhibition titled ‘Che…

‘Quicksand,’ the second comic novel by Australian novelist Steve Toltz, 45, will soon be released in Persian.

Malek National Library Museum in Tehran will admit visitors free of charge during the 10-Day Dawn (Fajr) Festivities that marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

One of the…

A solo exhibition by artist Bita Vakili is underway at e1 art gallery in Tehran, the proceeds of which will go to charity.

Titled ‘Passageways’, the exhibit showcases 12 large artworks…

Infants now have their own seats among the audiences at Theater Center of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) in Tehran at its latest play.

‘Eating Animals,’ a non-fiction work by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, 39, is now available in Persian.

Tehran-based Mosallas Publications recently released a Persian edition of Foer…

A collection of works by veteran Iranian artist Koorosh Shishegaran has been published in English.

Titled ‘Koorosh Shishegaran: The Art of Altruism’, the book has been compiled by Hamid…

Globally-acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has announced that he will not participate in the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony.

A video-clip made by late Iranian actor, writer and theater director Jafar Vali (1933-2016) will be unveiled soon at Sangalaj Theater in Tehran.

The video-clip is made on the basis of the…

The Society for National Heritage of Iran will honor senior historian and critical editor Ehsan Eshraqi, 88, at a ceremony on February 6 in Tehran.

The ceremony from 5:30-7:30 pm will be…

Belgian curator and art historian Michel Dewilde will speak at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on January 31.

The 35th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) was officially inaugurated at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday with Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri stating that he believes “in the…

The two branches of Seyhoun Art Gallery in Tehran will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their founding from February 3 to 15.

Seyhoun Art Gallery was founded in 1966 by Iranian painter…

Globally acclaimed Iranian documentary ‘Starless Dreams’ directed by Mehrdad Oskouei was screened for 10 days at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, January 20-29.

A haunting…

The works of two Italian illustrators are to be reviewed and debated today in their presence, at Tehran’s Iranian Artists Forum (IAF).

Illustrators, Arianna Vairo, 32, and Simone Rea, 42,…

‘Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC-2000 AD,’ a chronological exploration into 150 gardens over four millennia of garden design, is now available in Persian.

Renowned filmmaker Majid Majidi is preparing for a new international project with his first film made in India.

‘Beyond the Clouds’ written and directed by Majidi, is an Indian romantic…

‘In Other Words,’ a surprising, powerful and eloquent autobiography by American writer of Bengali descent Jhumpa Lahiri, 49, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, is now available in Persian.

Veteran Iranian actor Kazem Afrandnia passed away on Saturday, January 28, in Tehran’s Firoozgar Hospital at the age of 71.

Afrandnia was admitted to hospital on January 20 for what doctors…

The ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) based in Tehran, will showcase a number of artworks by grandmasters of traditional Iranian arts.

The one-month long 35th Fajr International Theater Festival that ends on January 31 will hold two training workshops on play writing and acting for theater practitioners. 

The…

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, a co-star in the Iranian film 'The Salesman', an official nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2017 Academy Award, said Thursday that she…