Art And Culture

A book on Iranian art and architecture, titled 'Les Coupoles Persanes', (in English 'Persian Cupolas: the Art of Skies and the Earth') by a French author has been published in France.

The 35th Fajr International Theater Festival is underway in Tehran and seven other provincial centers with performances from local and international groups.

A total of 14 plays were staged…

The documentary film 'Pale Blue', a work by director, producer and screenwriter Arash Lahooti will open the 35th edition of Fajr Film Festival on January 29 at Tehran Milad Tower.

A charity auction of paintings by children of labor displayed at the exhibition ‘I Painted My City Air Blue’ was held at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center on January 22.

A collective photo exhibition titled “Tehran; Identity” will open on Friday at Tehran’s Hooner House. 

A total of 17 artists have come together in creating the collection. 

Iran is in the race for an Oscar award in the foreign language film category with the psychological thriller ‘The Salesman’ directed by celebrated filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who in 2012 earned for…

A group of actors with Down syndrome will perform street theater “The Legend of the Rainless Meadow” on January 27 and January 30, as part of the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival which is…

The Salesman by renowned Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the Academy Awards 2017. This is the third Oscar nomination for Iran and the second…

‘Mashhad, Culture Capital of the Islamic World’ was officially launched at a ceremony at the shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, on Tuesday.

The…

Iranian filmmaker Behnam Behzadi will be among the jury of the 40th Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden slated for January 27-February 6.

Behzadi will be a juror in the international section…

Tabriz, capital of East Azarbaijan Province, will host the ‘Ashiklar Music Festival’ from March 6-8.

The festival will pay tribute to Ashik Rasool Qurbani, 81, one of the most famous…

A flash fiction collection titled ‘Blind Fish,’ which includes stories from the best and most popular contemporary fiction writers, is now available in Persian. 

The book, originally…

The official poster of the 35th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) and the DVD package of the best films by viewers’ choice in the past 19 editions of (FFF) were unveiled at a ceremony at the Cinematograph…

Artworks from different fields of visual arts will be on display at the third environmental art exhibition titled ‘Soul of the Earth’ in May in Tehran.

‘On Which Wind Will You Ride?’ a modern Iranian drama written by Jamal Hashemi and directed by Kamal Hashemi, will be staged in Belgium on January 27 and 28, as part of its European tour.

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The second edition of Rural House Photography Exhibition opened January 19 at Imam Ali (AS) Museum in Tehran, and will run through February 9.

The exhibition features 122 photographs…

Veteran theater director Ali Rafiee will be honored at the closing ceremony of the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival on January 31.

He will be commended for a lifetime of artistic…

The 9th edition of Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts opened on Sunday in Tehran at two venues, Niavaran Cultural Center and Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, and will run through…

Iranian daf virtuoso Asal Malekzadeh has recently signed a contract with the famous German manufacturer of percussion instruments Meinl Percussion to  produce musical pieces.

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The symbolism of old Iranian inscriptions and potteries made in the Islamic era will be discussed at the Handicrafts Department of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (…

Computer and video games officially released in Iran’s market are now required to have the new pictograms issued by the Entertainment Software Rating Association ‘ESRA’.

A video game age…

‘Ru,’ the debut work of Vietnamese-born Canadian writer Kim Thuy, 49, is now available in Persian.

The novel whose title means lullaby or cradle in Vietnamese, was first published in French…

Iran cinema won five awards at the closing ceremony of the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) held at the Bangladesh National Museum on Friday, January 20.

In the Asian Film…

Actor, playwright and theater director Amir Dejakam, 54, is participating in the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival with a humanitarian play on the phenomenon of migration. 

The…

Translator Reza Motamedi, an expert in poetry translation, has converted into Persian the ‘Last Love Poems’ of French poet Paul Eluard (1895-1952) who was among the founders of the surrealist…