A book on the complete biography of the late Iranian artist Houshang Pezeshknia (1917-1972) was unveiled at Shirin Gallery in Tehran on Friday, May 6.
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The ancient Roman city of Pompeii, an island jail built by the Bourbons and the home of Botticelli’s Venus are among dozens of cultural sites due to share in a 1 billion euro ($1.15 billion) cash…
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An Iranian photographer Ali Hamed Haghdoust has won the top prize of the UNESCO photo competition ‘Show Us the Afghanistan You Are Proud Of.’
Of the 3,033 photos submitted in the mobile-…
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German artist Gunther Uecker’s art collection is currently on show at the mausoleum of Hafez in Shiraz in tribute to the celebrated Persian poet (1325-1386).
Concurrent with Shiraz…
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The newest photo collection by Iranian artist Soroosh Milanizadeh will open to the public at Tehran’s Mojdeh Art Gallery on May 6.
It includes 10 stage photography frames, inspired by 10…
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Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is carefully restoring five desert mansions in Iran’s historic oasis city of Kashan. He plans to open a 900 sq. m gallery in one of them to show his art alongside…
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President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday reiterated his stance that government must not interfere in everything and said the time has come “to provide freedom and security to Iranian authors and give…
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With Iran on the way to normalizing economic and political ties with the outside world, cultural experts see the development as opportune time to also chart ways to incorporate the Iranian…
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The winners of the 13th Actor’s Festival, one of the most important events for theater artists in Iran were announced on at the weekend (April 30).
Held at Tehran City Theater, eight…
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The Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany, is hosting an exhibition of the holy Qur’an.
Titled ‘Words to Read - Words to Feel’, the exhibit, with a focus on writing…
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An Iranian short animation has won a top prize at the 17thInternational Short Film Festival ‘Corti da Sogni-Antonio Ricci’ in Italy.
‘Scarecrow’s Heart’ directed by Behzad Kazzazi scooped…
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A ceremony to honor the late Hamid Samandarian, outstanding film and theater director and translator was held on his 85th birth anniversary, on Saturday (April 30) at the Samandarian Art Institute…
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On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, observed annually on May 1 in Iran on the death anniversary of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari (1919-1979), the acclaimed Iranian cleric, philosopher, lecturer and…
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From Joshua Reynolds to Lucian Freud, works spanning several centuries of British art will go under the hammer in June as part of a sale celebrating 250 years since auction house Christie’s was…
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Iranian artist Fereshteh Najafi won an Honorable Mention Prize at the Sharjah Exhibition for Children’s Books Illustrations held parallel with the eighth edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading…
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Mani Haghighi’s ‘A Dragon Arrives’ has won the Critics’ prize at the 12th Bucharest International Film Festival (BIFF) week.
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A puppet show, titled ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ will be staged in Persian and English at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) mid-May.
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A documentary book, titled ‘116 Years of Tehran History: A Pictorial City’, written by researcher and author Mohammad Tahami-Nejad, will be released soon.
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Theater director and choreographer Bara Sigfusdottir from Iceland will hold a three-day workshop in Tehran during the 19th International Iranian Festival of University Theater (IIFUT), slated for…
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An art performance, titled ‘Wall of Berlin’, by theater artist and director Shayan Afkari will go on stage from May 9 at Tehran’s Mehrab Hall.
The project is inspired from the well-known…
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The latest painting collection by Iranian artist Leila Vismeh will be on view at the MAC Maja Contemporary Art in Rome on May 6.
Titled ‘The Hunting’, the series is inspired from the 1939…
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The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis.
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The French film distribution company Diaphana has purchased the rights for the Iranian feature film ‘Inversion’ for release in French theaters.
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Korean and Iranian poets will gather at an event in Tehran next week to recite and discuss each other’s poetry.
Three Korean poets Kim Hu-ran, Shin Dal-ja and Jang Seok-nam will be…
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Iranian drama ‘Yahya Didn’t Keep Quiet’ has won the Best Feature Film award at the 3rd Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon.
The only Iranian participant in the festival (April 20-27), it was…
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