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The UK’s Curzon Artificial Eye and Germany’s Prokino are among the latest distributors to snap up Iranian feature movie ‘The Salesman’ which picked up awards for best screenplay for Asghar…
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The first Iranian concert was held in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on May 27.
Davood Azad, the accomplished Iranian classical and Azeri folk singer and musician, performed at the…
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A Ukrainian art buyer has handed back a missing 18th-century painting stolen a decade ago from a Dutch museum, bringing the total number of masterpieces retrieved from the heist to five, officials…
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Talented Iranian chef Samira Jannatdoust won the top prize of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016, held in China’s Yanta District, May 27-31.
Her two collections of recipes, titled ‘…
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Iranian director and actors of ‘The Salesman’ which won two awards at Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22), attended a press conference at Khaneh Hamayesh (conference house) in Tehran on Monday.
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South Korean Ambassador Kim Seung-Ho visited the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran on Tuesday.
He said he is honored to visit one of the prominent cultural centers in Iran. He was…
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The French street artist known as “JR” has made the Louvre Pyramid in Paris disappear in an optical illusion created by covering the huge glass structure with a trompe l’oeil photo installation…
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A sculpture collection by young artist Ramin Jamshidi titled ‘The Timeless Time’ is currently on view at Mah Art Gallery.
The artist’s second solo show, the event features 10 mechanical…
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A physical theater performance, titled ‘The Maids’, directed by Reyhaneh Nabian is currently on stage at Tehran’s Da Theater Hall.
A prominent work of French dramatist Jean Genet (1910-1986…
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The 74th birthday celebrations of the world-famous Iranian cartoonist and graphic artist Kambiz Derambakhsh was held on May 27 at the Imam Ali Religious Art Museum in Tehran.
Among the…
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Iranian and western artworks among the treasured collections of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) will be sent to Berlin and Rome later this year to be shown at museums there.
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Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the theft of five paintings worth 25 million euros ($27.8 million) by renowned British artist Francis Bacon…
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Three Iranian musicians have been selected for the first time to participate in the 60th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Music slated for October 7-16.
Mehdi Khayami, Alireza Farhang and…
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The book ‘Under the Skin of Tales’ by film critic and screenwriter Saeed Aqiqi, a survey on the reflection of reality in Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s movies was unveiled at Khaneh (House) of Cinema in…
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The 19th edition of the Iran International Festival of University Theater (IIFUT) wrapped up on Saturday (May 28) at Tehran City Theater hall.
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Raising awareness about multiple sclerosis through music is Zoltan Nagy the lead singer of Hungarian rock band ‘The Ruling Passion’.
Suffering himself from multiple sclerosis, he was…
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Iranian theater show ‘Macbeth’ directed by Reza Servati, has won an award at the 19th International Theater Festival ‘The Rainbow’ held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18-24.
Russia’s…
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The Tehran Symphony Orchestra staged a two-day performance with Shahrdad Rouhani as conductor, at Vahdat Hall on May 25 and 26.
Several repertoires by Iranian and foreign composers were…
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The 5th Tehran Auction presenting classic and modern Iranian art was held on Friday and earned $7.4 million, breaking last year’s record of $6.4 million.
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A comprehensive collection of illustrations is currently on view in an exhibition titled ‘Worksheet’ at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA).
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Two documents signed by Abraham Lincoln in his drive to abolish slavery in the 19th century have sold for more than $4.5 million in New York.
Limited edition copies of the Emancipation…
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A solo painting exhibition by Iranian artist Khosrow Khosravi is on view at Tehran’s Aun Gallery.
Titled ‘The Wet Streets’, the series includes 11 paintings, which took the artist about two…
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Celebrated filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, whose drama ‘The Salesman’ won two awards at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, along with his lead actors Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti returned home on…
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An exhibition of artworks by artists from nine countries at Ace Gallery in Tehran concluded on Thursday.
Showing 73 works, the exhibition featured 17 international and Iranian artists…
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