Art And Culture

Family audiences turned out in droves over the weekend, propelling ‘Finding Dory’ to a massive $136.2 million debut - from 4,305 theaters - and establishing a new record for an animated film…

The 4th edition of ‘Art Ceremony’ will be held from June 22 to July 1 at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

This year’s edition will focus on two branches of art, calligraphy and…

Although many governments have accepted busking as a legal job, there are still countries where street performance is categorized as “fake business” and even outlawed.

Iran and Turkey had reached an agreement last month to submit Rumi’s ‘Masnavi Manavi’, to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s Memory of the World Register.

The Institute for Promotion of Contemporary Visual Art will soon hold a ‘$130 Art Sale’ in mid-September at the Iranian Artists’ Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

The event will provide an occasion…

The first exhibition of sports apparel, shoes and accessories, ‘Iran Spoex 2016’, will open on July 23 at Imam Khomeini Mosalla in Tehran.

The Hindu University of America (HUA) located in South Florida, has published a book written by Bushehri author and academic, Morassa Sayadi.

The third Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) will take place in South Africa in September and October this year following the success of the previous editions, with the presence of international…

Singapore’s latest attraction is changing the country’s image from a shopping haven to a must-visit place for art enthusiasts.

With lines of high-end shops, as well as blocks of dime stores…

The latest painting collection by artist Ali Soltani, titled ‘30 Years of Pure Surrealism’ was inaugurated at the newly-opened Sohrab Art Gallery’s branch 2, in Tehran on Friday.

The…

A play directed by theater artist Masoud Delkhah is currently on stage at Charsoo Hall of Tehran City Theater complex.

Titled ‘The Stranger’, the story is a rewritten version of a novel by…

Renowned Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and well-known actor Bahram Radan have been selected as jury members for the 8th Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival, due in September in Los…

A historical play on the life of the late Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosadeq will go on stage at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall from July 10.

Written and directed by Asghar Khalili, ‘Night…

London’s Tate Modern museum opened its vast pyramidal extension on Friday (June 17) providing extra gallery space for the millions of guests who pour through its doors each year.

An exhibition by contemporary calligraphy and calligram artists opened at the Iranian Art Museum Garden in Tehran on June 15.

Titled ‘Rabbana’ (Our Lord) it features 40 works of art by…

The newest set of sculptures by artist Elmira Salamat, titled ‘Ground Floor’ is on view in an installation at Tehran’s Seyhoun Art Gallery.

The show features 10 small size sculptures of old…

An Iranian play, titled ‘Red Elephant’, directed by Morteza Mir-Montazami will soon be staged in France and the Netherlands.

 A production of ‘Mashgh’ theater group, the play is a…

The construction of Iran’s largest professional theater center has been completed and will be inaugurated soon in Tehran.

Shanghai Disneyland, Walt Disney Co.’s first theme park in mainland China will bring the company not only massive profit but also a chance to consolidate the firm’s foreign theme parks ahead of…

Iranian composer, lyricist and vocalist Parvaz Homay performed at the George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto, Canada on June 12.

Italian Enrico Gerola was the conductor of the symphony…

A young Iranian peace activist, Ehsan Mohammadi Mahallati, has been nominated for the 2016 UNESCO Madanjeet-Singh Prize for his contributions in a particularly meritorious and effective manner to…

The ‘Gill and Amard’ folk music band from Rasht in northern Gilan Province directed by musician Naser Vahdati, is preparing to hold a music concert with new repertoires on July 27 and 28 at Tehran…

The American magazine The New Yorker and the film and television website The Playlist have issued separate lists containing the ‘50 Best Foreign Language Movies Of the 21st Century So Far’ where…

For centuries many have pondered what lies behind the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile, but it was more of a rhetorical question. Now art lovers can literally discover what the back of Da Vinci’s…

Iranian artist Sara Ashrafi will put her latest collection on display at ‘Maison de la treille’ art gallery in the Swiss city of Sion.

Slated for June 22 to 28, the exhibition, the artist’s…