Art And Culture

On September 17, residents within the vicinity of the Bay Area, California were invited to a journey through Iran.

With the slogan, "a walk through Iran, one photo at a time” a collective…

The 2nd All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF), which kicked off on September 24, will screen seven films by Iranian filmmakers.

The selected productions are participating in…

The end of summer is usually the busiest time for concert halls in Iran as many singers and music groups perform around the time, just before the start of the school year when families get busy…

Young humor writer and poet Nasim Arab Amiri, 29, has released her third book titled 'Kojaee ke Yadet Bekheyr' (Where Are You Whose Sweet Memories Endure).

Neyestan Publications which has…

Sales of adult books fell 10.3% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first period of 2015, and sales of children/young adults' dipped 2.1%, according to figures released by the Association…

The South Khorasan Congress on History of Architecture and Urbanism, one of the provincial seminars of the 4th Congress on History of Architecture and Urbanism in Iran, will be held January 24-26…

The Ag Gallery from Iran is present at the Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the works of three Iranian photographers.

Photos by Abbas Kowsari, Ali Zanjani and Mehrdad…

Culture ministers from China, Ukraine, Bangladesh and Thailand have expressed interest in expanding cultural ties with Iran.

At the first Silk Road International Cultural Expo, September 20…

The second phase of the 2nd Biennale of Iran’s Contemporary Art titled 'Peace on Paper' will run at Abadan Museum of Contemporary Art in the southwestern city of Abadan, Khuzestan Province, from…

An artist in Gaza is using henna to create a series of stunning drawings of historically important sites in the Palestinian territories. Painting with a paper cone filled with henna, 36-year-old…

Iranian composer and conductor Ali (Alexander) Rahbari, 67, and Russian conductor and opera company director Valery Abisalovich Gergiev, 62, are to collaborate in several projects.

How did Charlotte Bronte go from scribbling in secret to one of England’s (and literature’s) most famous names?

'Night, It Is', a solo exhibition of realist Iranian painter Iman Afsarian, 41, will open on September 23 at Assar Art Gallery in Tehran.

Night scenes of quiet city corners comprise the…

A new cinema complex is to be added to the Cineplex of Ekbatan Township in the western part of Tehran by next year.

At a ceremony held at Ekbatan's   Megamall, film producer…

Candle & Fog, a publishing house based in Tehran and London has published the German translation of the Persian play 'The Legend of the King and the Mathematician.'

Residents in Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Monday were able to see the horrors of the Syrian civil war firsthand through an Amnesty International installation set up in a subway station.

The chamber orchestra of Cameristi della Scala formed by musicians from the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, will perform a concert on September 21 at Tehran's Vahdat…

Iranian national sitting volleyball team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final match of the men's category in the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, to win Iran's eighth and…

The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati is attending the first Silk Road International Cultural Expo in China.

The 6th Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (TADAEX) will be held September 23-29 at Mohsen Gallery. Thirty digital artists from Iran and Germany, Brazil, Austria, Poland and Japan are…

Iranian mythologist and translator Abbas Mokhber says some books have an incredible impact on societies and nations.

“Determining how much a society is influenced by literature and writers…

Iranian composers and santur players Karen Keyhani, 36, and Pouya Saraee, 32, gave a joint performance 'As Far As Possible', at the first modern santur concert held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Four Iranian movies will attend the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival slated for October 13-27.

In commemoration of Agatha Christie, dubbed the queen of crime, the UK’s Royal Mail have released a set of six special stamps based on a selection of Christie’s greatest mystery novels.

Iranian Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad met with a tragic end in the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following an accident during the men's cycling road race on the penultimate day…