Art And Culture

Well-known film director Reza Mir-Karimi has been appointed as the new head of the House of Cinema.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter sent a congratulatory message on Saturday to Sepahan Football Club on winning the Iran Pro League (IPL) championship.

“Claiming championship at the national…

A 3D artwork collection ‘Majnoon’ (literary lover) by Iranian artist Ramin Shirdel, is underway at Etemad Gallery.

The gallery includes 9 works, 7 of which are displayed on the wall and the…

A series of photos and video arts by Newsha Tavakolian was launched in Paris recently.

The Iranian Artists’ Forum (IAF) recently hosted ‘One Night With Mohammad-Ali Eslami-Nodooshan’ to felicitate the well-known litterateur.

Eslami-Nodooshan who could not attend the event…

The Iranian film ‘Nahid’ by Ida Panahandeh was awarded the special prize for promising futures at the ‘UnCertain Regard’ section of the Cannes Film Festival.

The prize was jointly given to…

The statue of Khayyam by the renowned Iranian sculptor Hossein Fakhimi will be installed in the United States.

The idea of the sculpture and its unveiling in the US was approved by…

Prominent figures of art, cinema and music attended a ceremony to honor veteran Iranian painter and illustrator Parviz Kalantari who was hospitalized in December 2014 due to a stroke, and is…

Direct communication between kids and their favorite writers and illustrators is an effective method for increasing children’s interest in books, said John Stephens, emeritus professor in English…

It has long been known that, below the surface, works of art often contain important information about how they were created. However, revealing those secrets in a way that does not damage the…

A joint Nordic exhibition titled ‘A Touch of Nordic Art & Culture’ will be held at the Iranian Artist Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

Concurrent with the Nordic cultural week in Tehran,…

Iran was announced the host of the fourth edition of the West Asian Games (WAG) in 2016 at the 66th meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) executive board held in Tehran on Thursday.

Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center is host to Mojtba Karami’s multilingual calligraphy-painting artworks on Omar Khayyam’s quatrains.

The exhibition, comprising interdisciplinary artworks,…

A new book ‘Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace’ by former Iranian politician Seyed Hossein Mousavian was presented at the 28th Tehran…

In a megalopolis like Tehran where thousands of yellow and green taxis move around on the crowded streets, a driver has an unusual treat for his passengers - his taxi decorated with dozens of…

Abstract works by Amin Aghaei, Iranian cartoonist, illustrator and painter, is underway at  Aun Gallery.

The collection titled ‘I’m Looking at You Through the Door Crack’ features 10…

The third World Forum on Inter-cultural Dialogue was held over two days (May 18-19) in Azerbaijan. Finding solutions to conflicts and problems, discussing relationships between different cultures…

Close to 141 international media outlets operate in Iran disseminating local news to the world, the general office of international media at the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance announced…

Outstanding master of Persian literature and renowned scholar Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi was honored in a ceremony on Tuesday (May 19) at Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

Iranshahr Theatre School, one of the most important projects of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF), will be inaugurated soon, said Majid Sarsangi, forum CEO.

The second performance of Musicolor (a duet of improvised musical performance and painting on canvas) will go on stage at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on May 22.

The photo book ‘Life in War’ by Majid Saeedi, Iranian documentary photographer, is now available in the domestic market. The collection was selected for the International Foto Evidence Book Award…

Establishing research centers for Persian poets Khayyam and Attar in Nishabur, a city in Khorasan Razavi Province, where documents and study findings on the two literary giants can be collected…

The best theater actors of the year were awarded at the 12th Actor’s Festival, held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday (May 18).

Organized by the Iranian Theater Actors Association, the…

Five short films from Iran have been selected to compete at the 7th Trenton Film Festival in the US.

‘Reveal’ by Ghader Farivar, ‘The Sound of Road’ by Barzan Rostami, Amir Sarrafha’s ‘On…