Art And Culture

A group painting exhibition titled ‘Reflection’ is on view at Shirin Art Gallery in Tehran.

Curated by the young artist Saeed Ahmadzadeh, the exhibit includes works from 12 emerging…

Shoma publications released on Sunday a book that “anyone can read”.

‘Book from the Ground’ by Chinese artist Xu Bing is actually a detailed account of 24 hours in the life of Mr. Black, a…

Cultural and artistic relics of ancient Iran are on display in Italy.

In collaboration with Aquileia Foundation, the National Museum of Iran is lending a number of historical objects to…

A fictional animation based on an ancient book ‘Marzubannama’ is under production by filmmaker Behrouz Soltani.

The book authored by Sa’ad ad-Din Varavini, is a collection of 10th-century…

On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, September 21, the Iranian documentary photographer Mehdi Monem will showcase in Tehran his unseen photos of victims of the Iraq-Iran war.

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Two books ‘The Tale of That Vat’ and ‘Cucumber End’ by renowned Iranian writer Houshang Moradi-Kermani, have been translated into Arabic.

The books are now available for Arabic readers.

A photo exhibition on Iran by German photographer and author Bernd Schmitz will be held in Burscheid, Germany, in September.

Schmitz, who has traveled to Iran three times from 2008 to 2016…

Award-winning Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi has transformed Bradford’s Lister Park and City Park with his biggest and most ambitious outdoor commission to date, ‘Garden Within a Garden’.

A group art project, ‘Winter Experience’ by Iranian artists is currently on view at the newly-opened E1 Art Gallery in Tehran.

The series features 22 well-known painters, who have portrayed…

Prolific caricaturist and theoretician Mohammad Rafi Ziaee, 68, passed away on Thursday of heart failure.

His funeral procession started from the Iranian Artists Forum in Iranshahr Street…

A private library belonging to the late Persian poet Fereydoun Moshiri was donated by his family to the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE).

Moshiri’s library which contained a…

The cast and crew of the play ‘The Striking Session’ directed by the prominent theater director Mohammad Rahmanian held a symbolic ceremony to honor the veteran filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami on his…

Radio broadcasts of the poems of Persian poet Sa’di for Tajiks under a program named ‘Nasihat Goush Kon Jana’ (Oh Dear, Heed the Advice) have been launched every morning since the beginning of the…

France will collaborate in holding fashion training courses in Iran from September.

Co-organized by Tehran Garment Union (TGU) and France’s ‘Institute Francais de la Mode’ (IFM), the…

Acclaimed Iranian cartoonist and graphic designer Kambiz Derambakhsh has compiled a collection of his works into a book that will soon be released under the title “Pictorial Tales.”

Thousands of people stepped out onto the latest work by renowned artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in northern Italy Saturday, seizing their chance to “walk on water.”

The most eager…

A total of 10 films from Iran won in different sections of the 1st edition of International Open Film Festival (IOFF) in Bangladesh (June 10-14).

The festival has the largest number of…

A book on the tragic stampede in the Saudi city of Mina, near Mecca in September 2015, in which several thousand hajj pilgrims, including 469 Iranians, lost their lives, has been published.

With Venezuela’s highest denomination bill now worth less than a stick of gum, one local designer is protesting his country’s economic crisis through currency art.

Jose Leon, 24, has been…

Muscovites are learning Persian language over the weekends. Following an agreement between the Iranian Embassy in Russia and officials of the Muzeon Art Park, an elementary course in Persian…

A physical theater show, ‘Growth’, directed by Nazanin Valajam will participate in the 4th International Mime Festival, slated for August 10 to 15 in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia.

A production of ‘…

A charity concert by Vaziri Music Band was held on Monday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall and all the proceeds were dedicated to women heads of households supported by a local charity organization.

Iranian photographer Sadegh Souri has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2016 (LOBA).

In his photo collection, titled ‘Waiting Girls’, Souri depicts Iranian…

Iran and Russia have agreed on a reciprocal program for translation of literary works.

Twenty Qur’anic scientific, cultural and artistic manuscripts from the Dr. Mahfouzi Cultural Works and Manuscripts Museum were unveiled in a ceremony at Hotel Espinas Palace in Tehran, on Saturday…