Art And Culture

‘A Man Called Ove’ (in Swedish: ‘En Man som Heter Ove’), a novel written in 2012 by Swedish columnist, blogger and writer Fredrik Backman, 35, has been published for the second time in Persian.…

Following the initiative launched last year, the poster of the 35th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) will depict a prominent figure of Iran cinema, the celebrated filmmaker Ali Hatami (1944-1996).

Most of Tehran’s concert halls are host to performances by various traditional, pop and folk singers and music groups at the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival.

Sculptor and architect Ali Kourechian, 43, has set up a solo sculpture exhibition titled ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (in Persian ‘Be Bahaneye Cheshmanat’) in Tehran.

The exhibit opened January 13…

A session on children and young adults’ literature in Iran was held on the sidelines of the 25th New Delhi World Book Fair in the Indian capital on January 12.

Persian Idea Art Gallery in Tehran is showcasing a series of psychoanalytical paintings created by Fariba Rajabpour, 34, winner of the second place at the 2011 Fajr Visual Arts Festival.

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A group photography exhibition ‘The Creatures that Never Die’ is underway at Arteh Gallery in Tehran.

It is curated by Tehran-based photographer, graphic designer and art philosopher and…

Book City Institute is organizing a meeting in Tehran on January 17 to review and debate ‘King, Queen, Knave,’ a tragicomic story by Russian novelist Vladimir Nabakov (1899-1977).

Saless…

The Second National Short Film Festival Mowj (Wave) is slated for late February in the Persian Gulf island of Kish.

The event is organized by the Kish Free Zone Organization and since the…

Works of five Iranian artists are on display at the 7th Art Stage Singapore, currently underway in the island city-state.

This year’s edition features 132 galleries from 27 countries and…

Three Iranian films participating in the 9th Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) in India won four awards which were presented at the closing ceremony on January 11.

Competing in the…

The largest professional theater center in Iran, Khavaran Theater Complex, also known as Tehran Theater Campus, will stage its first production on January 29 simultaneously with the inauguration…

The Hosseinieh Ershad Public Library in Tehran has started a series of meetings on ‘Joy of Literature’. The sessions are held in the third week of every month.

The eighth such meeting is…

Sonata Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by composer Mohsen Bafandeh, 31, will perform folk pieces of Mazandaran in Sari, capital of the northern  province.

Renowned theater director and playwright Chista Yasrebi is staging a new play “Night” at Tehran City Theater until January 20.

The play in two parts is a psychological excursion into a…

The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) has organized an exhibition of old dissertations from the Qajar era (1785-1925).

Prolific Iranian illustrator Negin Ehtesabian, 38, has made a series of enchanting images for part of ‘Mantiq-o-Tair’ (Conference of Birds), a long and celebrated Sufi poem written by Persian poet…

A joint exhibition between Iran and Austria is currently open to the public in Isfahan at the Isfahan Museum of Contemporary Art.

Titled ‘RTL:LTR’ (right to left, left to right), the…

Tehran Beautification Organization (TBO), affiliated to the Tehran Municipality has called on visual artists to help adorn the city walls with new murals.

For his upcoming book, Iranian researcher, writer, poet and journalist Mohammad Hashem Akbariani, 52, has reviewed two parallel lines in poetry, one on mysticism and ideology, and the other…

The play ‘Matryoshka’ written, directed and performed by actor and theater director Parsa Pirouzfar  which returned to the stage six weeks ago due to its immense popularity, has been extended…

Renowned Iranian traditional singer Mohammad Motamedi will perform at Errichetta Festival VII on Friday, January 13, in Rome, Italy.

Together with Doosti Ensemble, he will sing songs by…

The second edition of ‘A Narrative of the Life of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,’ first published by Sayan Publications in 2016, will be brought out shortly.

“Its release is to…

The opening of the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival, Iran’s most prestigious music event, has been postponed by two days.

Slated for January 11-20, the festival will now open on…

Two Iranian graphic designers have won awards at a graphic competition in the US.

Posters by Mehdi Mahdian and Touraj Saberivand received awards in the poster section of ‘Graphis 2017,’…