Art And Culture

The joint Iran-India movie ‘Salaam Mumbai’ has started international screening in 11 US cities since January 17.

According to the public relations office of the film, it has been shown in…

The 35th Fajr International Music Festival awarded the winners of different categories with the Barbad Award at its closing ceremony at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on Friday, January 20.

The Iranian play ‘Only the First Dog Knows Why it is Barking’ directed by theater director Ebrahim Poshtkuhi will go on stage in Munich, Germany, early February.

A production of Titowak…

‘At the Existentialist Café,’ a thoughtful inquiry in a philosophical movement by British nonfiction writer Sarah Bakewell, 54, is now available in Persian.

The book whose complete title is…

The Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) in Tehran has produced ‘Dash Akol,’ an animation based on a short story with the same name written by renowned Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat (…

The Persian novella ‘The Sleeping Dragons,’ the first work of teenage author Ali Golestani, has been released in Iran.

In the book published by Afarinegan Publications, Golestani, 14,…

Khorasan Grand Museum in the shrine city of Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province, will host an exhibition of Islamic art and civilization for six months.

In 2012, the General…

The first edition of Printmaking Biennial Exhibition at 26 Art Gallery in Tehran opened on Friday, January 20.

The group exhibition features 56 manual prints created by 46 artists. The…

Boston Festival of Films from Iran paid tribute to the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by opening its 2017 edition with the screening of one of his greatest masterpieces ‘The Taste of…

The 10th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2017 will be held from March 5-9 at several cinemas and cultural centers in the capital, as well as provincial cinemas affiliated to the…

‘The Door and Objects,’ an Iranian play written and directed by theater director Mehdi Mashhour, 36, will go on stage at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival to be held from July 5-16.

A painting exhibition by four Iranian artists is underway at the House of Cantabria in Madrid, Spain.

Composed of 40 paintings, calligraphy, miniature and calligraphy paintings, the exhibit…

Iranian photographer and documentarian Hamid Reza Zeynali, 43, has curated a photography exhibition in collaboration with 146 of his peers.

The exhibit ‘Human’ will open on January 20 at…

Best films by viewers’ choice in the last 19 editions of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) have been collected in a DVD package, which will be unveiled on Friday at the Cinematograph…

After 12 years of persistence, theater director Ali Pouyan, 63, a recipient of the first degree of art certificate from the Evaluation Council of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry, has…

The Japan Cultural Month opened in Tabriz, capital of the northwestern East Azarbaijan Province, on January 16 with a concert by the Japanese drum band SAI, in the presence of the Japanese…

The second edition of Globe International Silent Film Festival (GISFF) will be held from April 3-5 at Michigan State University in the US.

GISFF is run by a group of Iranian film buffs of…

Two field guides, one on the fish species in the inland waters of Iran, and the other on spiders and scorpions in the country, have recently been published by Iranshenasi Publication.

The intersemiotic translation of the film, ‘The Adventures of Tintin,’ will be debated by members of Tehran Translators Guild Association.

‘Love Again,’ the first official album by celebrated Iranian pop singer Hamed Homayoun, 34, was unveiled on January 15 at Shams Cultural Center in Tehran.

The singer, and album producer…

An Iran-France joint play ‘Beyond the Words’ will be performed at the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival.

Produced by the French company Litecox Association and Iran’s Zendegi (life)…

A collaborative design project on contemporary urban identity is underway at Mohsen Art Gallery in Tehran.

The exhibition of posters, books, catalogues, environmental designs, motion…

Acknowledged writer Houshang Moradi Kermani, 73, will speak on ‘Creative Writing’ and its various aspects and dimensions on January 18 at 5.30 pm, at a meeting hosted by the Central Branch of Book…

Iran has the 11th place in the best designers list issued by the World Design Rankings.

The rankings are based on current aggregate scores and the number of A’ Design Awards of participants…

Fajr International Theater Festival has convened a working group for critical appraisal of some of the participating plays.