Art And Culture

The 5th Khorshid Independent Short Film Festival slated for December has called for submissions of entries.

The festival will screen short films in various genres including fiction,…

The English version of the Persian novel ‘A Sweet Jam’ written by Houshang Moradi-Kermani and translated by American Iranologist and researcher from UCLA University, Caroline Croskery, is set for…

A realistic drama ‘Manishka’ directed by Shahab Malekpur, is underway at 3dots theatre in Tehran.

A football game for charity was organized by Malaek charity group and cinema and music stars at Hengam sports center, on August 7.

Earlier at a press conference, manager of Cinema and Music…

A community project in central Mexico is bringing art to people’s homes, literally.

A group of artists known as the Germ Collective have spent 14 months turning the hillside neighborhood of…

A collection of art installations and paintings by young artist Amin Shojaei, is underway at Tehran’s O Art Gallery.

“The gradual extinction of human civilization” is reviewed in the…

A new branch of Book City was inaugurated at Tandis Complex in Tajrish Square, Tehran, in collaboration with Beethoven Music Center last month.

It is Book City’s first tie-up with Beethoven…

Father of Iranian bindery craft Hossein-Ali Matin-Reza, who passed away at the age of 86 on August 6 in Tehran, was buried in the artists section of Behest-e-Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, on…

A scholar at the London University of Islamic Sciences said the radiocarbon analysis of the ‘Birmingham Qur’an Manuscript’ carried out by the University of Oxford is scientifically reliable.

Iranian PC video game ‘Dark Years’ is being displayed by a British video game company at Gamescom, a trade fair for video games, underway in Cologne, Germany.

A new industry in Iran, local…

Dejan Kaludjerovic’s first solo exhibition in Iran ‘Conversations – Iran’ at Sazmanab, is a site-specific installation sandbox, from his series ‘Conversations: Hula-hoops, Elastics, Marbles and…

A 10-volume book collection ‘Writer’s Guide’ translated under the supervision of Mohsen Soleimani, author, translator and researcher, will soon be published by Soore Mehr publishing house.

Iranian theatre director and photographer, Parinaz Aleagha made her way to the Fifth Annual Exposure Photography Award, at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The only entry from Iran, she competed…

China has lost its place as the world leader of public auctions of works of art. Fuelled by major sales in New York, the US has overtaken the Asian giant, which is now followed closely by the UK,…

Actor Homayoun Ershadi has been cast in ‘Ali and Nino,’ a British film in which 12 Iranians have also performed a stunt act along with others.

The 2015 production was shot in Azerbaijan and…

On the banks of the Seine, amidst the throngs of tourists in the heart of the French capital, the faces of hundreds of refugees bear down from an imposing 370-metres long open-air fresco. It is…

A comedy theatre ‘Tartuffe’, directed by Roya Nonahali, TV and cinema actress, is underway at Tehran’s Shams Theatre Hall.

First performed in 1664, Tartuffe is one of the most famous…

The poster of the 17th Tehran International Traditional Ritual Theatre Festival was recently unveiled by Ali Nasirian, film and theater actor and festival coordinator.

Over 20 plays and…

Tehran Vocal Ensemble led by Iranian Milad Omranloo and Thomas Caplin, guest conductor from Norway, gave “an instrumental voice performance” at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday.

A unique…

An exhibition and installation art project ‘I Seek Help from People’ by Saber Abar, actor and theater director, is on show at Tehran’s Mohsen Art Gallery.

The event includes installation…

A joint music concert was held by Iranian music band ‘The Sound of the Wind’ and Indian ‘Telangana’ group in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

A painting collection by the late veteran artist Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, is on display at Shokouh Art Gallery in Tehran.

A total of 60 works reflect the naturalistic style of the artist. “…

Young people from two warring districts in the Lebanese city of Tripoli are taking to the stage in a comedy inspired by their own lives, trying to turn their backs on old rivalries inflamed by…

The 11th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) has chosen Iran as guest of honor for this year’s event, and will be celebrating the work of great Iranian directors.

This year, the festival’s New World…

Noted author Hossein Maserat from Yazd holds the record for the highest number of publications per year.

A total of 20 book titles by Maserat, have either been published in the current…