Art And Culture

The ‘House of Puppets’ was inaugurated on February 7 in Tehran, in the presence of prominent artists in the field of puppetry and children’s theatre.

At a ceremony attended by Iranian children and their families, the 17th Children and Young Adults Book Fair kicked off Saturday (Feb. 7) in Tehran.

Lego Pompeii was painstakingly recreated from more than 190,000 individual blocks across 470 hours for Sydney University’s Nicholson Museum – the largest model of the ancient city ever constructed…

Danish poet Niels Hav participated in a number of Persian literary circles and discussed with Iranian poets the literature of the two countries during his visit to Iran.

An art show by an artist couple titled ‘Wooden Pottery’ is being held at the Milton Center for the Arts’ Holcim Gallery, in Milton, Canada till February 15.

Davoud Khosravi, 51 from Iran,…

President Hassan Rouhani emphasized the important role that authors and publishers play in social and cultural development, and said with the advanced media in contemporary times, “one might think…

Saadi Foundation held a 12-day Persian language course for students and instructors from Egyptian universities, in line with the policy of the foundation to hold programs for enthusiastic Persian…

Google has announced that it will be working with the Milwaukee Art Museum, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the US, to offer a free, semester-long massive open online course, titled ‘Hangout With…

Maryam Zandi, a prominent photographer who has been active in this field for four decades, is now back with the publication of her photographs in a book.

The mass media can play a significant role in encouraging people to read books, said Seyed Abbas Salehi, deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance for cultural affairs.

“A nation’s…

The international poster exhibition titled ‘World Without Violence’ opened in Tehran at the Niavaran Cultural Center on Friday (Feb. 6), displaying selected works of Iranian and world graphic…

Twelve foreign and 5 Iranian sculptors will participate in the first edition of the Kish International Sculpture Symposium opening on February 8.

The Iranian theater group Safety Pin staged an adaptation of the famous fairy tale ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ at the Ishara Int’l Puppet Festival in India.

The play titled ‘The Fabulous…

The 65th Berlin International Film Festival kicked off Thursday with the first of 19 contenders for the event’s top Golden Bear honor, a new movie starring Juliette Binoche as the wife of an…

Iranians are undisputed masters in Nasta’liq script, said Ali Haider al-Hassani, head of Najaf’s Calligraphers Association.

An exhibition on the innovative works by Soheila Moayed-Jafari was held on January 29-31, displaying her carpets, rugs, and needlework on ornamental bags, clutches, backpacks, suitcases, shoes and…

A huge gathering of visual art experts and fans turned up on Tuesday at the Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute in Tehran to celebrate the biggest visual art event of the year with the opening of…

Raad charity’s second visual arts auction organized last week fetched a total of 4.9 billion rials or $142,000 on the 59 works sold.

It was held at the premises of the Raad Rehabilitation…

More than five decades after Harper Lee published her first — and, so far, only — novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Lee’s publisher has announced that she plans to release a new one. The book,…

Joining millions of Muslim women worldwide, Indian women in Lucknow the capital of Uttar Pradesh state marked World Hijab Day (WHD) for the first time with a special celebration on February 1.

A total of 20 provinces will present their latest achievements in the upcoming Fajr Fashion and Clothing Festival slated to open in Tehran on February 24.

The festival which is to work…

The Assyrian, Chaldean Catholic Church Bishop of Orumiyeh Thomas Mirm said on Tuesday that complete freedom and respect for religious minorities of the country were fruits of Iran’s 1979 Islamic…

Internal body clock has such a dramatic impact on sporting ability that it could alter the chances of Olympic gold, say researchers.

The team at the University of Birmingham showed…

The inauguration of the main hall of Charsou Cineplex located at the intersection of Jomhoori and Hafez Streets in central Tehran coincided with the commencement of the 33rd International Fajr…

It was in the early 1980s that Iranians were introduced to Yanni, the famous Greek composer who specialized in playing the piano and keyboard, and known as one of the pioneers of the New Age music…