Art And Culture

One of Japan’s best-known contemporary artists is locked in a dispute with a public museum over claims it has threatened to pull the plug on works critical of the conservative government.

Iran’s top sculptor Parviz Tanavoli is to dedicate a new work to Cecil, the lion who was killed by an American dentist in Zimbabwe sparking an international outcry.

“The cruel killing of…

Contemporary printmaker and photographer, Mehrdad Khataei won the Semi Grand-Prix award in the Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial 2015.

He competed with his 2014 work ‘I Offer My…

Asghar Farhadi’s ‘About Elly’, which is on US screens for about four months, has been ranked eighth in a list of top ten best foreign-language films of the year, selected by Indiewire news site…

The second edition of the environmental art project ‘Living Spaces’ by Iranian artists is underway at the Transylvania Art Center, Daniel Castle, in Romania’s Saint George City.

The art…

Leaks of confidential doping data threw global athletics into chaos on Sunday after a newspaper and a broadcaster said a third of medals in Olympic and world championship endurance races from 2001…

Investment risks should be eliminated in different fields of art, which is innovative in essence, so that artists and filmmakers can create their work without being hassled about the outcome or…

Iranian composer and songwriter Amir-Mahyar Tafreshipour will perform ‘The Doll Behind the Curtain’ at Tête à Tête Opera Festival in London.

Veteran voice actor Parviz Bahram was honored in a ceremony on his 82nd birthday at Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran on Saturday.

A professional in the field of dubbing for over 65 years…

The sixth London Iranian Film Festival (UKIFF) is slated for October 30-Novemebr 7, where ‘Crazy Castle’ by Abdolhassan Davoudi and ‘Oblivion Season’ by Abbas Rafei will be screened.

Angelina Jolie visited a Burmese factory on Saturday and met female workers in the hope of learning more about their difficult living conditions.

An exhibition of illustrations ‘Noisy Monsters’ by artists Sara Rezvani and Saideh Vasheghani is underway at Behnam Daheshpur Charity Organization Gallery.

The collection of 24 works seeks…

Saudi Arabia has gifted the United Nations the curtain of the Kaaba door, one of Islam’s most sacred items.

The tapestry comprises nearly 50 black cloths made of pure silk and is decorated…

The theft of urban statues and ornamental art works displayed in public spaces in Tehran are occasionally reported by the mass media. But who is responsible for the security of artworks or to be…

By reopening its cinematheque, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts has joined the few cinema halls screening foreign films.

The selfie may be a contemporary look, but a Dutch museum aims to show that its roots go back centuries.

In an upcoming exhibition, the Mauritshuis in the Hague is showing a collection of…

The music album ‘Zire Gonbade Kabud’ (literally, under the sky) by Iran’s Children Orchestra has been released.

The album is a collection of tracks from a memorable concert performed by the…

A six-volume book series ‘Shahnamak’ for teenagers by Arman Arian will be unveiled at the Book City main branch in Tehran on August 5.

Published by Chekkeh publishing house, the collection…

Iranian-Islamic clothing was displayed at the First International Festival of the Holy Qur’an mid-July in Moscow.

Iranian designer Beheshteh Sadeghi took part in the week-long festival…

The US political battle over the Iran nuclear agreement has gone Hollywood, thanks to a new video strongly backing the deal featuring boldface names from Jack Black, Morgan Freeman and Natasha…

The documentary ‘Sunken Dreams’ directed by Farshid Akhlaqipur, centering on illegal migration by Iranians to Australia and the hazards they face on their long journey, is ready for screening.…

A calligraphy painting collection by Mohammad-Bagher Ashrafian is on show at Taraneye Baran Art Gallery in Tehran.

Titled ‘City of Dreams’, the collection includes 20 works featuring…

Veteran actor Ezzatolah Entezami has joined the 600,000 philanthropists in the country who are contributing to school construction in deprived areas.

The play ‘Sohrab’s Mise-en-scene Violation’, written and directed by Hamid Dehghani is on stage at Entezami Theatre Hall, Iranian Artists Forum.

The main character, Sohrab Pakzad, is an…

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, Lewis Carroll’s famous tale of a 7-year-old girl who falls down a rabbit hole and mixes with a mad…