Art And Culture

Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman' debuted in Iran with an astonishing sale of $353,000 (12.3 billion rials) in just the first three days of weekend opening, shattering the previous records in Iran's…

An international conference at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, examined female film culture and representation, where a video message from Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad opened…

Iranian Future Studies Association (IRFSA) will hold a seminar on 'Philosophy and Necessity of Futurology' on September 7, in Tehran.

At the IRFSA's seventh scientific seminar, president of…

It is both funny and scary. 'The Jitters' (Persian: Delpicheh), a comedy horror play by theater director Saeed Dolati will be staged on September 7 at Tehran's Homa-e-Saadat theater hall.

The groundbreaking ceremony of 'Iran Darroudi Museum' was held at the construction site of the museum, in Tehran's Yousefabad neighborhood in the presence of artists and officials on Thursday,…

Film and theater director and actor Javad Ensafi, 64, has written a book about the ancient Iranian fire festival of 'Chaharshanbeh-Suri,' celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before the…

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) is hosting an exhibition of 70 photographs by Mohammad Reza Javadi on the deserts of Iran.

For 123 years, it had been assumed the earliest version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece was soiled by bird droppings - but now the truth is revealed.

Munch's expressionist masterpiece 'The…

Iran national soccer team beat Qatar with two very late goals in their first match for the 2018 World Cup qualification round at Azadi Stadium in Tehran late Thursday.

Goals by Reza…

Caricaturist Alireza Pakdel, 34, won two awards last week at Brazil's 43rd International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2016.

Artist Christopher Saucedo, dressed in black, stood with his hands in his pockets next to his mixed media artwork at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Manhattan. His brother…

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati underlined promotion of cooperation among Asian nations in all fields, particularly art and culture, in a meeting with Bundit Limschoon,…

The 73rd Venice Film Festival, which opened on August 31 paid tribute to the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in a program after the opening ceremony.

The annual event dedicated part…

'With Grotowski: Theater Is Just a Form', a book on dynamics of theater by English theater and film director Peter Brook, 90, will be debated on September 4 at Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.

An avant-garde play 'This is a Documentary' written and directed by theater director Erfan Khazaeli is underway at Khosro Shakinaee Hall, in Tehran's Senoqteh theater complex.

"The play is…

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Mahak charity that supports children suffering from cancer, the second edition of 'Color of Love,' an exhibition of visual arts, will open on September 2…

A total of 100 short films from 41 countries will compete in the 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), slated for November 8-14, at Charsou Cineplex in downtown Tehran.

Iranian artist Hojat Amani will put on display 15 paintings under the title 'Persian Still Life' in an exhibition at San Francisco in the US in December.

Asghar Farhadi's 'Salesman' premiered in Iran on Wednesday, August 31, with an unusual showing as early as 6:45 in the morning at Azadi Cinema Complex in central Tehran.

Iranian feature film 'Malaria' will represent Iran at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival which opens on August 31.

Written and directed by Parviz Shahbazi, the film will compete in…

Amir Masoud Shahramnia, manager of Iran's national pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (October 19-23) in Germany, said he was confident that the variety of programs prepared for the event "…

The play 'Chamber Music' directed by Mehsi Alinejad is on stage at Tehran's Master Fannizadeh Hall.

Written by the American absurdist playwright Arthur Kopit, 'Chamber Music' is a 1962 one-…

The Veil of Thoughts, a photo exhibition by Emitis Soltani Abbasioun is underway at the 'e1' art gallery in Tehran.

The exhibition opened on August 26 and will run through September 14. It…

About 600 applications were approved for participation in the 22nd Iran Press Exhibition before the deadline on August 27.

The secretariat of the 10th Iran International Documentary Film Festival, Cinema Verite, has received close to 2,000 foreign documentaries from 88 countries.

The selection committee of the…