Art And Culture

Using discarded plastic PET bottles, Czech artist Veronika Richterova creates fantastic translucent plant and animal sculptures.

Whether it is an entire shelf of cacti or lily pads floating…

Participants in the 18th edition of Iran International Festival of University Theater (IIFUT) will collaborate with students from Germany and the Netherlands in creating two plays.

Germany…

A new computer game titled ‘Go Kinok! Go!’ designed by Red Cap Games, has recently got approval by Steam and is offered worldwide distribution via the Steam community after being endorsed by Steam…

Defending champion Iran had a good start at the 2015 United World Wrestling Freestyle World Cup in Los Angeles, California.

Put in Pool B with Belarus, Turkey and Azerbaijan, Iran, prior to…

Coinciding with the commemoration of International Museum Day (IMD) on May 18, Iran’s best museums will be selected by the Iranian National Committee of International Council of Museums (ICOM),…

Eddie Redmayne, who just won the Oscar for playing Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’, may have a few more magic tricks up his sleeve.

Sources tell Variety that Redmayne is the…

The international section of the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is slated for April 25-May 2 in Tehran.

This is the first year thatthe international section is held separately…

The second edition of the National Sculpture Symposium of Tabriz will be held late April in the northwestern metropolis bringing together 30 field artists from across the country.

Private companies are now in charge of the management and executive affairs of the annual Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Several new titles written by Iranian authors are now available in bookstores across the country.

 ‘Children of Rafael Ship’

‘Children of Rafael Ship’ is a novel by Mohamdreza…

Iranian national football team has moved up two steps to take the 40th spot in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

Acquiring 689 points, Iran is still the best Asian team in the…

Two series of works by veteran visual artist, Fereydoun Ave, are on exhibit at two venues at Dastan Gallery.

Dastan Basement – a space for contemporary art exhibition – began the new…

Veteran artists are among the precious assets of a country, through their knowledge and experience the younger generation can learn a lot and improve in their fields. However, age-related problems…

Iranian artists at the first international street art festival in George Town, Malaysia, marked the beginning of a prosperous year for urban art.

During the past week, 15 street artists…

After last year’s successful presence in the Venice Biennale 2014 after years of absence in international expositions, several non-profit Iranian organizations are preparing an effective entry at…

A new computer game ‘Forbidden Speed: Speedy Samand’ is expected to be released in spring due to the completion of its production phase.

Announcing the news, one of the two game…

Ghostly faces and lines of verse previously invisible to the naked eye have been uncovered in the oldest surviving medieval manuscript written entirely in Welsh.

‘The Black Book of…

An exhibition of watercolor paintings by the Iranian artist Shirin Shahram-Badie is on display at Tomandy Gallery in Maryland, the US.

Badie’s paintings often reflect her connection,…

Media play a crucial role in clarifying the slogan of this year, named by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as ‘The Year of the People-Gov’t Empathy, the spokesman of the Ministry of Culture…

An online computer game ‘Zehn-Varz’ (mind trainer) has been designed by a research group at the prestigious Sharif University of Technology to help improve some brain functions of the elderly by…

Ronnie Dean Coleman, the American professional bodybuilder, will come to Iran for the first time on April 23 for a two-day visit.

He will hold three intensive bodybuilding courses for both…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, April 6, called for using sport to help create a healthier, happier and…

Well-known Iranian graffiti artists living in and outside Iran, for the first time exhibited their works at Graffik Gallery - a unique contemporary venue specializing in street and urban art in…

A row with a cab driver, domestic disturbance, or a mean tweet: violence is everywhere in life and serves as the main theme of a new play on stage in Tehran. ‘Comment’ co-written by Bahar Katoozi…

Iranian drama ‘Objects in Mirror’ directed by Narges Abyar won the best feature film at the 37th Creteil International Women’s Film Festival in France.

One of the producers of the film…