Art And Culture

The 34th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) slated for April 20-25 in Tehran will screen a selection of the best productions from Iran and abroad. An independent event since last year, it is…

Two Iranian movies will compete in the 2016 Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) slated for March 11-19, in Switzerland.

The feature film ‘Hair’ directed by Mahmoud Ghaffariis the…

A rare privately printed edition of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, the book which would help make English author Beatrix Potter one of the most famous children’s authors of all time, is up for…

Winners of the first edition of Qur’an competition for Iranian students residing in Europe were awarded in a ceremony at the Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center of Hamburg, Germany, on Sunday (March 6…

In a follow-up to the ‘Nowruz (Persian New Year) Gift Book’ plan proposed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in February, a campaign has been started by artists and cultural figures…

A fantasy play, ‘Chignon for Flight’, directed by Roshanak Karimi is currently on stage at Honar Theater Hall in Tehran.

The play, a blend of two works by Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965),…

A local TV channel ‘Lebas TV’ will be launched to coincide with the 5th edition of the Fajr International Fashion and Clothing Festival (March 8 to 12). ‘Lebas’ literally means clothing in Persian…

A conference ‘170 Years of Book Reading’ with ‘1001 Nights’ was held at Iran’s Book House Institute last Wednesday.

The event was attended by the German orientalist and scholar of folk…

Iranian short film ‘Unfortunately’ directed by Sharokh Dolkou won the silver award at the 21st edition of Incubator for Film and Visual media in Asia (IFVA) in Hong Kong at the closing ceremony on…

Iranian theater and mime artist Yaser Khaseb will stage a performance in support of victims of war at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.

In the performance, that will be staged…

‘Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan’ converts the Smithsonian’s International Gallery in Washington into a space that evokes the vibrant marketplace of Old Kabul with artisans…

An eight-volume ‘Collection of Articles’ by veteran contemporary painter, art critic and author Aydin Aghdashloo, was unveiled on March 4 at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMoCA).

At the first conference of ‘Children, Cinema, HIV’ held last week at the House of Cinema hall, a fund was constituted for distributing donations and grants to child patients.

An art exhibition ‘The Sound of Clay’ by Iranian sculptor and architect Goli Entezari, opened on Friday (March 4) at Tehran’s Etemad Gallery.

Around 230 small and large ceramic sculptures,…

The exclusive rights to the blackest black color in the world to one artist has provoked the fury of fellow artists.

Known as Vantablack, the pigment is so dark that it absorbs 99.96% of…

A tragedy ‘Curse of the Starving Class,’ directed by Faramarz Ramezanian, is currently on stage at the Iranian Artists’ Forum’s Entezami Theater Hall in Tehran.

A 1978 work by Sam Shepard,…

Several artists have started creating artworks at different places in Tehran as a part of the new project ‘Baharestan’ to welcome spring and Nowruz, the Persian New Year (starts March 20) in the…

A group visual art exhibition ‘Shahnameh, The Perpetual Narrative’ opened at Tehran’s Aaran Art Gallery on Friday (March 4).

Organized by Akram Ahmadi Tavana, the exhibition shows the…

A Qatari media group that has already moved into international sports broadcasting has purchased a 100% stake in the film studio Miramax, part of its expansion into the entertainment business.

A film by Sir Tom Stoppard, British playwright and screenwriter was screened at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on March 2, coinciding with the ‘Night of Stoppard’ ceremony.

A 1990…

The play ‘Three Nights with Madox’, directed by Fahimeh Moein, will be read out as part of a charity program organized by the Barakat Foundation, on March 5 at Charsoo Cineplex.

A 1994 work…

By the end of Wednesday, (March 2), the deadline for preliminary registration at the 29th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), 2,447 Iranian publishers had registered to participate in the event…

The book ‘Cyrus the Great’ by Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Masoud Jafari-Jozani will be unveiled at a Book City branch on Alef Street, Zafaraniyeh neighborhood in northern Tehran on March 4…

Before springtime hits New York this year, some impressive new blooms have appeared in Central Park thanks to a sculptural installation by the German artist Isa Genzken organized by the Public Art…

A group painting exhibition, ‘Insomnia’, by young artists is currently on view at Damounfar, Assar and O Galleries in Tehran.

Curated by skilled artist, Pooya Aryanpour, the collection…