A series of mixed media works and drawings by Iranian artist Mehrdad Khataei is currently on view in his first solo exhibition at London’s Sophia Contemporary Gallery.
The artist will…
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The first edition of the Kish International Fashion Festival (Kishmod) will be held May 5-9 at the International Convention Center on the tourist resort.
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The documentary film ‘He’ by Iranian filmmaker Sam Kalantari, has reached the final stage of the 8th TRT Documentary Awards, slated for May 12-16 in Turkey.
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Forty-five Russian authors, publishers and publication officials will participate in the 29th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) as Russia is the special guest of this year’s edition.
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A series of graphic designs by Iranian artists are currently on display at the 20th Istanbul Graphic Design Show (Grafist 20).
The items were selected from an earlier contest held by ‘Vije…
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Jean Michel Frodon, the former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du Cinema, the famous French film magazine, was in Iran to attend the ‘French Cinema’ program (April 23-26) at the Tehran Museum of…
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The Iranian play ‘Timeloss’ directed by Amir-Reza Koohestani will go on stage in Taipei, Taiwan, in November.
Presented by the Mehr Theater Group, ‘Timeloss’ has previously been performed…
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The play ‘Sun’s Way, Sky’s Secret’, directed by Shokrekhoda Goudarzi, will take the stage on May 13 at Tehran City Theater to commemorate the celebrated Persian poet Ferdowsi (940–1020 AD).…
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Iranian 2D feature animation ‘The Last Fiction’ will be presented in the Cannes Film Market at Cannes Film Festival, May 11-22.
A production of Hoorakhsh Studios, the animation is among the…
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Following the lifting of economic sanctions in Iran in January, the UK’s Lisson Gallery and the US Gagosian Gallery have taken steps into Tehran by lending works by two of their artists to an…
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A solo exhibition by Iranian artist Hadi Alijani opened on Friday (April 22) at Aaran Art Gallery in Tehran.
Alijani’s paintings communicate an important message demonstrating the complex…
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A two-volume book, titled ‘Iranian Contemporary Playwrights’ was unveiled during a ceremony on Monday (April 25) at Tehran City Theater.
Written by professor of theater studies Maryam…
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The 34th Fajr international Film Festival (FIFF) ended at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday (April 25) with the top prize, Golden Simorgh for Best Film, going to ‘Rams’ directed by Grimur Hakonarson…
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Sotheby’s Orientalist and Middle Eastern Week - a unique group of five fascinating sales, ranging from the contemporary to the ancient, celebrating the history of Middle Eastern art - realized a…
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The 13th Actor’s Festival, one of the most important events for theater artists in Iran slated for April 30, will choose the best theater actors of the year and present them awards.
Noted…
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On the 2nd death anniversary of renowned Persian classical music maestro Mohammadreza Lotfi, several members of the ‘Sheida’ Music group will stage a concert on April 28.
A number of Lotfi’…
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Charsou Cineplex Hall 1 was packed to the gills on Sunday (April 24) in the debut screening of the restored version of ‘The Lovers’ Wind’, a documentary directed and produced by the late French…
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Three Iranian women composers have won the 1st edition of the Korourian Competition of Electroacoustic Composition, held as a tribute to the late modernist Iranian musician, Reza Korourian.
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Making art from recyclable things was how Earth Day (April 22) was celebrated at the Parkersburg Art Center, in West Virginia, the US, on Saturday.
Heather Royer, of Parkersburg, was one of…
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The play ‘Death’ directed by Nima Zaker is currently underway at Bazigah theater hall in Tehran.
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Well-known Indian classical flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia held a concert in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Saturday (April 23).
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A play, titled ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’ directed by Kaveh Mahdavi is underway at Tehran City Theater.
Translated by Jahed Jahanshahi, the 1974 play is originally written by Dario Fo, Italian…
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The program ‘A Night With Alexander Sokurov’ was held at Tehran’s National Museum of Iran on Saturday (April 23) in honor of the prominent Russian filmmaker who is currently in Iran as a guest of…
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The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Bronte, whose intense and passionate vision of rural life in “Jane Eyre” has haunted generations of readers, was marked in Britain Thursday.
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Asghar Farhadi’s latest film ‘The Salesman’ has been announced as the last addition to the competition lineup at the upcoming Cannes Festival slated for May 11-22.
It will be the world…
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