Art And Culture

Nearly $105,000 was generated from the sale of 82 paintings, drawn by the members of the Society of Iranian Painters, within the first two days of the annual sale exhibition.

On the heels of the big opening of ‘Cinderella’ past weekend, Disney has dated its live-action fairy-tale retelling of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for March 17, 2017.

A national contest titled ‘Green Earth Poster Awards’ will select Iranian graphic designers interested to enter the poster designing contest for Expo Milano 2015.

Two veteran and three young painters’ works will be displayed at Art Dubai 2015 by three galleries.

‘Cinderella’ enchanted audiences this weekend, racking up a royal $70.1 million to lead the domestic box office and a massive $132 million globally.

Behrooz Gharibpour - a renowned Iranian director and playwright- is the first Asian artist to write the message for the ‘World Puppetry Day’, being celebrated on March 21. The message has been…

Shoorafarin Publications recently published four new fiction translations and one book on cinematography.

The novel ‘Death Comes for the Archbishop’ written by Willa Sibert Cather in 1927…

A ceremony was held in honor of the prominent librarian, educator, and manager Noushafarin Ansari by the Women’s Association of History Researchers (WAHR) at Iran’s National Library recently.

Artworks of two talented Iranian photographers were showcased in different international festivals and exhibitions this year.

Seyed Ali Miremadi, a photographer from Isfahan, received a…

Lucasfilm will release several dozen books across a range of formats in the lead up to the newest film of the Star Wars series, ‘The Force Awakens’.

The project will span multiple…

Paintings and drawings by Iranian artist Jamal Bakhshpour are on display at an exhibition titled ‘Existenz’ organized by the Diwan Institution in Cologne - Germany’s fourth largest city - from…

A version of Ferdowsi’s epic book Shahnameh (Book of Kings), edited by Jalal Khaleqi-Motlaq (PhD), was unveiled on Thursday at a ceremony attended by cultural figures in Tehran.

He said the…

Iranian cinema saw good times in the past year both at home and abroad. Local productions were hugely welcomed by filmgoers, and in the international arena several films managed to win precious…

The spacious newly-established Sa Gallery, designed for displaying all forms of visual art was recently opened and is officially on the list of ‘plentiful’ galleries of Tehran.

Titled ‘A Night Out’ – a play based on the same title and play written by English playwright Harold Pinter- is being staged at the Ostad-Mashayekhi Theater hall in Tehran.

“We decided to…

Around 80 firefighters tackled a major blaze that ripped through an arts centre in south London on Friday (March 13).

The fire service said it tried to save as much of the grade two-listed…

A group exhibition of paintings by four young Iranian artists is on display at the Open Wallas Gallery in Berlin, Germany.

Organized by Masha Shamsaei, the initiator of the Young Persian…

Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said despite some political tensions between Italy and Iran in the past, relations between the two countries have remained strong and…

The mythical book ‘Icefall’ by Matthew J. Kirby is the first book of Norse mythology to be translated into Farsi by Mahboobeh Najafkhani.

“Icefall is a stunning coming-of-age story of…

Germany’s highest court on Friday lifted the ban on headscarves for teachers, correcting a 2003 verdict. It follows an appeal made by two female Muslim teachers from Northrhine-Westfalia.

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Homayoun Shajarian’s new album ‘Mastoor-o-Mast’ (Veiled and Devoted), was inaugurated Tuesday (March 10) in a ceremony at Shahnaz Hall of the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.

The realm of art and culture is facing two major challenges today in the country, Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said at the opening of the exhibition on ‘Artistic Treasures of…

Lifestyle is a global issue that relates “to the outer layer of a culture comprising cultural commodities and production” rather than ethical beliefs or values, deputy minister of culture and…

The fifth edition of the International Green Film Festival will be revived in January 2016 after nearly a ten-year hiatus under the directorship of renowned screenwriter Farhad Tohidi.

A ‘Museum of the Future’ in Dubai is expected to open in 2017 in the Emirates Towers area.

The museum is expected to be “an incubator for ideas and real designs, a driver for innovation and…