Art And Culture

The number of magazines and newspapers left unsold with newsagents and ending up in recycling centers are far higher than those sold in the country, according to figures provided by the Ministry…

The 19th Iranian International Film Market (IFM) is underway as part of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival (April 20-25) at Charsou Cineplex in Tehran.

The main goal of the IFM is…

Iranian photojournalist Asghar Khamseh won the top prize for his powerful portraits of acid attack victims at the Sony World Photography Awards 2016.

The artist has been named ‘L’Iris d’Or…

A solo exhibition, titled ‘Toy Story 2’, by Iranian artist Morteza Zahedi is underway at XVA Art Gallery in Dubai.

The collection continues the exploration of materials and themes…

Tributes were paid to the great Persian poet Sa’di in a ceremony at his tomb in Shiraz, Fars Province on April 20, observed as National Sa’di Day across the country.

Liu Xiaodong, the acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist, has put Europe’s migrant crisis at the center of an exhibition of new work on show from Friday in Florence, Italy.

Entitled “…

Local film enthusiasts and international guests at the Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) are enjoying their time in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as the 34th edition has adopted a new…

A group painting exhibition, titled ‘Blue Gold’, highlighting the global water crisis as well as the consecutive years of drought in Iran, will open on Friday (April 22) at Tehran’s Etemad Gallery…

The most important cinematic event in the country, Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) opens today, (April 20), at Charsou Cineplex in downtown Tehran.

The 34th edition organized with a…

Several projects by Iranian designers have won in the annual A’ Design Award and Competition 2015-2016 in Italy.

A’ Design Awards is a premier annual juried design competition that honors…

The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on abuse in the seafood industry that helped free 2,000 slave laborers, and Reuters and The New York Times shared the…

A Persian version of a play ‘The Man Outside’ will be staged in Karlsruhe, Germany on April 21.

Directed by Iman Eskandari, the Iranian troupe has been invited by German Starz Theater…

A play titled ‘Darkness’ directed by Abdollah Barjasteh is underway in Mashhad City Theater’s main hall.

Written by ‘Carbon’ group playwrights Ali Hataminejad and Ra’ouf Dashti, “The play…

The young Iranian artist Omid Shayan has showcased his paintings at the Artlab Gallery in Beirut. Works displayed in the exhibit titled ‘A Middle Eastern Night’s Dream’ serve as an escape from the…

Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ delivers the third $100+ million opener of 2016, two more than 2015 had at this point in the year.

With $103.5 million opening, ‘The Jungle Book’ will be the talk…

With the 34th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) opening on Wednesday, April 20, international guests of the event are arriving in Iran to attend the 6-day annual event.

A museum of local handmade dolls opened in the small town of Natanz, Isfahan Province on April 15.

The ‘Rahgoshay’ museum, named after its founder Dr. Mohammad Rahgoshay, has 34 dollhouses…

A painting exhibition by the well-known Iranian-Armenian conductor Loris Haykasi Tjeknavorian opens today (April 18) in Momayez Gallery at Iranian Artists’ Forum (IAF).

Titled ‘Music on…

The first edition of the Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival is scheduled for April 22- 29 at three venues: Vahdat Hall, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) and…

The Book City central branch in Tehran will join the world in commemorating 400 years of William Shakespeare, on April 23, coinciding with the ‘Bard of Avon’s’ death anniversary.

The…

Christie’s spring Oriental Rugs & Carpets auction on April 19 in London is headlined by an amazing trio of 17th-century Kerman ‘Vase-technique’ carpets, from old Persia, that were once the…

The 10th painting exhibition in support of children with cancer was held at Mahak Charity Institute in Tehran, April 14 and 15.

The 1st edition ofthe national festival of painting ‘Jokal’ was launched on Friday (April 15) at Tehran’s Pardis Mellat Gallery.

The event organizer, Tehran University of Art, had issued a…

Sotheby’s is staging what it calls its most comprehensive series of exhibitions and sales to cover the history of Middle Eastern art.

The auctions will be held between April 19 and 21 in…

A three-volume book covering the versatile Iranian artist Ali Akbar Sadeghi’s works from the 1960s to date was unveiled at Shirin Gallery in Tehran on Friday (April 15).

Titled ‘The…