Art And Culture

Videogames are seen as a key element of soft power and soon “a creative economy committee will be set up by a presidential order in which videogames would also be included,” said Minister of…

An ‘Occupy Wall Street’ poster exhibition will be hosted at Abolfazl Aali Art Gallery in Tehran on the eve of the 4th anniversary of the protest movement in New York against social and economic…

A 12-year-old Taiwanese boy lived out a slapstick nightmare at the weekend when he tripped at a museum and broke his fall with a painting, smashing a hole in it.

Exhibition organizers said…

Iran’s globally-renowned bodybuilder and champion of the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB), Baitollah Abbaspour, passed away on Tuesday night (August 25) in a Tehran…

The screening of Iran’s most expensive film ever, ‘Muhammad’, which was set for Wednesday in 143 theatres throughout the country on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), the…

Tehran’s Vahdat Hall was host to the musical performance ‘Tahmures and Us’ on Monday (August 24).

In his latest concert Tahmoures Pournazeri and his orchestra staged stories of great…

Online broadcasting of the series ‘Dandoon Tala’ (literally, golden tooth) directed by Davood Mirbaqeri is available besides its release in the home video network.

The new Khavaran Theatre Complex, will officially be inaugurated in the first week of September.

An Australian museum said Monday it would exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found - a 6.0-centimetre (2.4 inch) multi-colored gem unearthed in the Outback named the Virgin…

An extensive exhibition series dubbed ‘Made in Iran’ with focus on the diversity of Iranian contemporary art scene will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Starting from August 29 it will run…

Iranian Qur’an master Abdul-Rasul Abayi will be a member of the panel of judges in Indonesia’s International Holy Qur’an competition.

Abayi told IQNA that he has received an official…

Acclaimed artist Iran Darroudi has been invited to speak at ceremonies to honor her on her 79th birthday on September 2 at Shiraz and Nishabur Universities.

Darroudi is one of the most…

The enthusiasm shown by foreign visitors towards Iranian traditional and folklore musical performances at international events “is a sign of the authenticity of the arts in Iran which have always…

The movie ‘Mazar-i-Sharif’ by Abdolhassan Barzideh was premiered at Esteqlal Cinema in Tehran on Sunday (August 23).

The film is about the assassination of Iranian diplomats in the Afghan…

A collection of precious books is on show at an exhibition ‘Beautiness’ in Malek National Museum and Library of Iran.

A part of the 7th Art and Culture Festival, the exhibits include items…

The Swedish author Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin’s ‘The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep: A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep’ claims to use “sophisticated psychological techniques” to help children…

Alireza Raeesian’s ‘Time to Love’ and Amir Ansari’s ‘Rabies’ will be screened in Iran and Germany.

Mohammad Yousefi, Iranian filmmaker who lives in Germany, plans to screen the two films in…

Hafez Nazeri will stage his ‘Untold’ concerts in Shiraz and Tehran, albeit without his international ensemble.

Hafez’s debut album ‘Rumi Symphony Project: Untold’ was first released in the…

Narges Abyar’s acclaimed feature film ‘Track 143’ will be screened at two film festivals in Russia and Japan.

The film is an entry in the Aichi International Women’s Film Festival (AIWFF)…

A group paintings exhibition, ‘Nothingness’, curated by Leila Moazzami is underway at Anahita Art Gallery in Tehran.

Over 30 artworks on the theme ‘death’, from 15 professional and amateur…

Four musicians from Siberia have overcome their fear of heights, strained their voices to shout down the wind and as a result recorded a breathtaking video clip of them performing a song while…

Veteran author, historian and journalist Mahmoud Tolouee passed away at the age of 85 in an accident on Thursday (August 20) in Tehran.

Ali Dehbashi, a journalist friend, said: “Tolouee was…

The annual celebration of the Association of Critics and Writers of Iranian Theatre Forum honored theatre director, writer and actor Farhad Ayish, on Thursday (August 20) at Eivan-e-Shams Hall in…

Tehran theatre halls are staging Iranian and western plays especially for children and young adults.

‘Zardak and the Poor Woman’, written by Qumars Ghanbari-Azar and Sepideh Dabiri, and…

Over one month since the theft of French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s ‘Man with the Broken Nose’ from Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, police have released CCTV footage of the two…