Art And Culture

A Persian play titled ‘Anat’, (literally, stop or pause) written and directed by Amirhossein Asani, is currently underway at Qashqaei Hall in Tehran City Theater.

When British art curator Sue McAlpine first visited makeshift migrant camps in Calais on Frances’s northern coast, the sight of families living in muddy tents and children wearing flip-flops in…

Before the start of the holy month of Ramadan (June 7), three new films hit the screens in cinemas across the country.

An environmental art exhibition opened on the first day of Ramadan (June 7) at the Iranian Artists Forum.

The exhibition features photos of Iranian historical buildings, mosques and tombs,…

Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni is writing a biopic on the 13th-century Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi, and has generated heaps of criticism on social media for wanting to cast Leonardo…

One of the most precious manuscripts of the holy Qur’an will be unveiled during the 24th International Holy Quran Exhibition, in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

The 1st Night of Cinema, the first celebration of Cinema Daily newspaper to select the best of Iran cinema, was held on Monday, (June 6), at Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran.

A play titled ‘Words Words Words’ directed by Alireza Taheri is currently underway at Naser-Khosrow Theater Hall in Tehran.

Originally written between 1987 and 1993 by American playwright…

The latest collection of paintings, titled ‘Painless’ by artist Pooneh Oshidari was on view at Tehran’s Homa Art Gallery.

A follow up of her earlier collection with a similar theme, the…

Khataei Art Gallery in the northwestern Iranian city of Ardabil hosted a two-dimensional art performance, a first of its kind, on May 31.

The artwork was a combination of visual arts and…

Archaeologists have discovered the first handwritten document in Britain while excavating the foundations for the new Bloomberg European headquarters in the historic City of London district…

A painting collection by 14 young experimental artists is currently on show at Saales Art Gallery in Tehran.

Titled ‘There are More Things’, the young artists “have manifested their talents…

An art exhibition at two venues in Tehran was held earlier this month, in a follow-up of an international project titled ‘No Man’s Art Pop-Up Gallery’ (NMAG).

The show featured 20 emerging…

The exhibition ‘Collecting Tehran: A Multi-Perspective City Portrait’ is on display at Platform 28 Gallery in Tehran.

The showcased works are the output of an eight-day workshop ‘Collecting…

An art project titled ‘Spontaneous Art’ will be inaugurated in Tehran on June 7 after which it will be presented in seven other cities including Shiraz, Tabriz, Mashhad, Ahvaz, Rasht, Isfahan and…

Two still life works by Pablo Picasso painted on the same day are among offerings at an upcoming London auction that also features works by Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky and…

Renowned Iranian theater artist, playwright and director Kourosh Narimani will stage two shows at ‘Goteborgs Dramatiska Teater’ in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 10.

‘Nights of Avignon’ is one…

Iran men’s national volleyball team, which qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics on Saturday, (June 4), completed their matches in the Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament with a 3-2 win…

Iran men’s national volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after beating Poland 3-1 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on the 6th day of the Men’s World…

The Iranian feature film ‘Sound and Fury’ written and directed by the young filmmaker Hooman Seyadi is the only Iranian production in the main competition of the 19th Shanghai International Film…

The second fashion exhibition titled ‘Espacementalism in Mode’ is slated for June 5 to 10 at Andisheh Cultural Center (ACC) in Tehran.

A visual art exhibition by outstanding Iranian artists opened at Blooming Art Gallery in Tehran’s Ameneh Orphanage on May 29.

Co-organized by the ‘Ketabshahr’ institute and the State…

Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died. He was 74.

A 100-member team is planning a huge project to create textile art portraits of 100 Iranian cineastes and theater artists.

Hiva Pashaei, man behind the unique art style, said textile…

Iranian play ‘Bleach’ co-directed by Mahdi Kushki and Sahra Fat’hi, will take the stage at Tehran’s Mostaqel Theater Hall from June 5, after its successful performance on April 23 at Toronto’s…