Art And Culture

A one-day performance by Naser Cheshmazar, acclaimed musician, composer and orchestra conductor last October received a warm welcome by music lovers.

Films by famous young and veteran directors will vie for the Crystal Simorgh awards at the 34th Fajr Film Festival next month.

The selection committee of the festival released the final…

Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) will represent Iranian publishers at the 24th New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), slated for January 9-17.

This year, 26 participants from Iran, Spain,…

Showing no signs of a slowdown, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has eclipsed the final Harry Potter movie for the seventh spot in worldwide box office with $1.39 billion.

The seventh Star…

An exhibition of drawings by veteran artist Mehdi Hosseini is underway at Vista Gallery in Tehran.

In his newest collection titled ‘I Tell This for That’, Hosseini has focused on the tales…

An art exhibition titled ‘Espacementalism in Mode’ that opened at Niavaran Cultural Center on January 1 is reportedly the first of its kind.

The collection presents works from artists…

Veteran artist Behzad Shishegaran has displayed his artworks on Tehran air pollution in his Facebook page on January 1.

The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has issued the permit for the film ‘Salam Mumbai’, the first joint production between Iran and Bollywood after the 1979 Islamic…

Barring a sudden mania for illustrated Haggadahs at next week’s Important Judaica sale at Sotheby’s New York, the top 10 art auction lots of 2015 have already been decided.

A ceremony to honor the acclaimed 19th century poet and calligrapher, Muhammad Shafi (1779-1846), was organized in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Province on December 30.

Better known as Vesal…

An exhibition of selected photos by the renowned director, photographer Abbas Kiarostami taken over three decades, was inaugurated at Boom Gallery in Tehran on January 1.

A group calligraphy exhibition displaying the talent of young art students creating artworks through a so-called newly invented Persian script style ‘Kereshmeh’ is underway at Aqili Art Gallery in…

The 34th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) will hold commendation ceremonies for three Iranian actors, Reza Kianian, Roya Teymourian and Mehdi Fakhimzadeh.

According to the public…

Qatar Museums (QM) on Thursday announced a partnership between Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the conservation of a monumental stucco panel from the medieval…

Artworks by Spanish calligrapher, Nuria Garcia Masip, were displayed at Rezvan Gallery in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, on the occasion of Vahdat (Islamic Unity) Week.

The expo (Dec.26…

An American play, ‘Don’t Drink the Water’ will be staged by Davoud Bani-Ardalan at Tehran’s Hafez Theatre Hall from January 6.

Written by the well-known American actor, comedian, filmmaker…

Cultural diplomacy comes at a price. Officials in Tehran are negotiating a fee of up to $3 million with their German counterparts for a planned exhibition organized by Berlin State Museums of…

The Iranian society of art and culture lost two veteran figures on December 29.

Veteran actor Valiollah Momeni suffered a fatal heart attack on Tuesday night, and veteran author of children…

The play ‘A Predicament in Palermo’ on stage at Fanoos Theatre Hall tells the story of two brothers facing trouble in Italy.

Written and directed by Seyed Ali Miri, the play has three…

The android version of Iranian video game ‘The Dark Wings’, produced by Majid Qannad, was unveiled on December 28 at Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural Center.

A production of Iran Computer…

Veteran film and theater actor Ali Nassirian was honored at a ceremony at Rayzan International Conference Center in north Tehran on Tuesday, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet…

A joint performance ‘Unity’ was organized by 15 music groups including eight Iranian ethnic ensembles and seven bands from Muslim countries on the eve of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad…

The Iranian Ars Nova Big Band Ensemble is slated to perform at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on January 5 and 12.

The ‘Tehran Spring Urban Art Annual’ issued a call on December 22 inviting artists to present their works of art in different fields.

Co-organized by the Tehran Municipality and the…

A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly…