Art And Culture

The fusion rock band of Ali Shams will perform an electro-acoustic concert on January 6, 2017 at Tehran's Azadi Tower.

At the upcoming event, the band will incorporate the sound of electric…

Persian translators of Haruki Murakami's books will hold a seminar today, December 29, in Tehran for readers and enthusiasts to know more about the writer and his works.

The seminar '…

Celebrated Iranian singer, composer, guitarist and actor Reza Yazdani has released a single track with eco-lyrics.

‘I’m on Edge’ (Persian: ‘A’sab Nadaram’) is Yazdani’s latest composition,…

‘The Comedy of Olfaction,’ a play written by theater director, actor and playwright Omid Taheri and directed by theater actor and director Meysam Abdi, will go on stage once again, this time at…

Farshchian University on traditional arts and handicrafts, proposed several years ago by master of Persian painting and miniature Mahmoud Farshchian, 86, “will hopefully open in February 2017,”…

The first Iranian woman playwright will be honored at the closing ceremony of the 2nd Mahmoud Ostad Mohammad Award at City Theater in Tehran on January 7, 2017.

Farideh Farjam, 77, was the…

A movie from Iran won two top prizes at the 13th International Zagora Trans-Saharan Film Festival in Zagora, Morocco.

‘An Ordinary Rebellion’, the first feature film written and directed by…

The Georgian translation of ‘The Colonel’, a novel by the celebrated Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, was unveiled at the Tbilisi State University.

The ceremony was held in the presence…

The closing ceremony of the 5th Tehran Urban Sculptures Biennial was held at Saba Art and Culture Institute in Tehran on Sunday (Dec.25).

This year’s edition saw the selection of over a…

The 1964 play ‘Incident at Vichy’ written by American playwright and essayist Arthur Miller (1915-2005), is underway at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater.

It is translated and directed by veteran…

A wood art exhibition by lathing master, Davoud Mollaee, titled ‘New Lathe Works,’ (Persian: ‘Kharratihaye Novin’) will open on Friday, Dec. 30, at Mess Negar Gallery in Tehran.

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Old patterns and designs in Persian rugs have inspired painter Narenj Kazemi, 30, a graduate of Sooreh University, in her latest works.

A total of 70 theater photos by 55 photographers have been chosen to compete at the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival (FITF).

An Iran-Italy joint play will be staged at the Decor Workshop of Rudaki Culture and Art Foundation in Tehran from January 1, 2017, and will run for over a month.

‘The Violin of the Titanic…

The adaptation of the classic Russian play ‘Ivanov’ directed by Iranian theater director Amir Reza Koohestani, has been selected as one of the top 10 performances in Portugal in 2016 by Publico, a…

The 14th edition of Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF), due in January 2017 in India, has dedicated a section to exclusively focus on Iranian cinema by showing eight movies produced…

Two acclaimed movies by renowned Iranian filmmakers will be shown in Muscat this week.

Following the cinematic interactions between Iran and Oman, the Embassy of Iran in Oman will show two…

The ‘Nightingale of Gilan,’ Nasser Masoudi, returns to the stage at a music concert January 5-6, 2017 in Rasht, capital of Gilan Province.

Laleh Art Gallery in Tehran is showcasing a total of 31 landscape paintings created by six artists.

The exhibition opened December 23 at the gallery, located next to Laleh Hotel on Fatemi…

‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ the popular novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad, 88, has been translated into Arabic and published in Beirut.

Iranian translator, writer and journalist Ahmad…

The 3rd National Festival of ‘Siah-Bazi’ will be held December 26-29 in Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province.

Siah-Bazi is a type of Iranian folk performing art that typically…

The masterpiece ‘Death of Yazdgerd’ by the acclaimed Iranian playwright, theater and film director and researcher Bahram Beyzai, 78, was staged on Saturday, December 24, at Bazigah Theater in…

A play written by French playwright and novelist Yasmina Reza and directed by Iranian theater director Saedeh Lorestani is currently on stage at Konesh-e- Moaser (Contemporary Action) Theater in…

Due to the rousing reception from fans, pop singer Mohammad Alizadeh will have four more performances in Tehran at the end of December and in early January.

A group of contemporary artists in visual arts have set up an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs at Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.