Art And Culture

A comprehensive plan for public lighting in the capital Tehran will be devised by the end of current fiscal year in March, according to a member of the Lighting Committee of the Tehran…

Inspireli Awards, the premier global contest for aspiring architects and designers, has announced the winners of its sixth edition.

The Iranian short film ‘Kech’ has won the top award in the Short Film Fiction Competition section at the 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, India.

Directed by Mehrdad Hasani, the…

Three Iranians are in the international jury of the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) slated for January 12-20 in Bangladesh.

Among the four jurors of Australasian (Australia…

Four volumes of a comic strip book series ‘Famous Commanders of Iran’ have been published by Khorasan Cultural and Artistic Institute in Iran.

A theater adaptation of the novella ‘The Little Price’, the most famous work of French writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery is underway at Ezatollah Entezami House Museum in northern Tehran.…

Iranian master musician, composer and conductor Hussein Dehlavi, 88, will be honored on Thursday, January 5, at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center.

The center, located on Jolfa Street, has…

The children’s philosophy book ‘Learning to Philosophize with Nasreddin Hodja’ has been translated from English into Persian and published in Iran.

Iranian sculptor Ghodratollah Agheli, 48, has reflected his social views in a critical way at his latest exhibition.

‘The Peculiarity of Creatures’ (in Persian, ‘Ajayeb-ol-Khalayeq’)…

The 11th edition of the International 100-Second Film Festival will be held from February 22–24 in Tehran.

Documentary, fiction and animated films from across the globe will participate in…

The 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh will be host to 187 movies from 60 countries in different sections, including 26 films from Iran.

Kermanshah, the capital of western Kermanshah Province will host a ceremony to honor one of its prominent living literary figures.

The master of Persian literature, renowned Iranologist,…

The comedy ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’ directed by Hadi Amel-Hashemi is underway at Nazerzadeh Hall of Iranshahr Theater in Tehran.

It is an adaptation of the 1974 play written by the Italian…

In comparison with other areas of photography, there’s relatively little online about street photography. But a number of young photographers like Eric Kim, 28, are helping tackle this problem and…

Ad Academy of Visual Arts in Tehran is organizing the Second Ceramic-Based Exhibition later this year.

The exhibition is titled ‘Frontier,’ and ceramic artists have been asked to ponder…

An Iranian instructor is among the 50 shortlisted teachers from around the world for the Global Teacher Prize 2017.

Ferdos Hajian is a teacher at an elementary school in Afrakoty village in…

Theater director, author, playwright and researcher Majid Amraee, 47, has brought out the second edition of his book on drama therapy.

The title ‘Drama Therapy in its Evolutionary Path’ has…

The Iranian TV series ‘Prophet Joseph’ has been dubbed into Bengali and telecast on SA TV (South Asian Television) of Bangladesh since November 27.

Directed by the late filmmaker Farajollah…

Diane Ensemble conducted by Siavash Lotfi will stage a concert titled ‘International Lullabies’ at Roudaki Hall in Tehran on December 31 and Jan. 1, 2017.

The first edition of the Fajr International Handicrafts and Traditional Arts Festival will be held January 30-February 2, 2017, said Ali Haji Shirazi, director general for research and education…

The ceremony to award the winning works at the 2nd International Competition of Research, Technology & Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers & Cartoonists will be held in Tehran on…

Photographer Mostafa Dehqanian has organized his second Polaroid photography exhibition at Dena Gallery in Tehran.

Polaroid photography is an instant photography technique with a type of…

The play 'Swan Song' written by the well-known Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov and directed by the Iranian theater director Negin Fakhravi is currently on stage at Ostad…

Iranian puppeteer Donya Fanizadeh, best known for manipulating the famous puppet character 'Kolah Ghermezi' (literally red hat), passed away on Wednesday, December 28.

The artist was…

'The Sea Suspended', a book showcasing a collection of artworks by Iranian and Arab contemporary artists featured at an exhibition with the same title at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (…