Art And Culture

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  • Golestan Gallery in Tehran hosted the creations of a female artist whose semi-figurative art works use elements such as female figures, sewing machines and textiles.

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  • Russian translation of Omar Khayyam’s quatrains (Rubaiyat) was unveiled in Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF) last week. Khayyam, the renowned Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer lived…

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  • Ezaatolah Entezami Museum officially opened to host the 15th Tehran international puppet festival - Mubarak on September 13 in Tehran.

    Unique architectural design and the name of Entezami,…

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  • Iran Cinema Day was celebrated on September 12, by local cineastes and officials.

    On the occasion, a ceremony organized by the Cinematic Organization was held in Esteghlal Hotel, Tehran.

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  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between University of Freiburg in Germany and Isfahan Art University facilitating exchange of students and holding art exhibitions, Jalil Jokar, a…

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  • Shahroud, an ancient musical instrument, has been revived by music researcher and famous oud player Majid Nazempour after centuries of abandonment.

    Nazempour told IRNA earlier last week…

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  • Iraqi sculptor Ali-Jabbar Hussain has praised Iranian sculpting and said it has made significant advances in the last decade.

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  • Dream Light Photo Exhibition (surrealistic photos taken by infrared technique) will be open to the public from September 13 to 19 at Milad Tower Free Art Gallery, Tehran.

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  • As the latest edition of the Guinness World Records released last Wednesday stated, the former Iranian soccer player, Ali Daei still remains the world’s all-time leading goal scorer in…

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  • On the eve of the anniversary of his death, a website for Hannibal Alkhas, the celebrated Assyrian-Iranian artist, is to be unveiled September 13, in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

    A…

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  • September 10th was the birth anniversary of Iran’s greatest wrestler, Gholamreza Takhti.

    Takhti has not only remained in the hearts of Iranians just for his sporting prowess and his medals…

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  • Displaying the latest products, achievements, and services from tens of local and international companies, the 5th Mother, Baby and Child Exhibition closed on Tuesday.

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  • Iran’s freestyle team finished second at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships on Tuesday, IWN.ir reported.

    In the two-day event, which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Iranian freestyle…

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  • The Faculty of Islamic Iranian Arts has been constitutionally approved and would be officially opened soon, head of Art and Architecture Commission at the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution…

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  • Celebrities and artists participating in charity events around the world is nothing new. Their high profile status is often used to put the spotlight on global issues like hunger and poverty among…

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  • Music world's grandmaster Shahram Nazeri finally held his long-awaited concert on Tuesday night in the ministry of interior's hall.

    The concert hall saw one of its most crowded nights…

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  • Multilateral endeavors are necessary to make Persian (Farsi) an international language and a language of science, Mohama-Jafar Yahaghi, a member of Iran's Academy of Persian Language and…

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  • James Bond producers threw a bit of a curve ball when they hired blond actor Daniel Craig to play the latest incarnation of 007, but history has shown that the only actors really ever seriously…

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  • A puppet-animation TV series will be made in the coming months on the life of the celebrated Mohammad Borujerdi, martyred in 1983, Mohammad-Ali Safoura, animation film director, said earlier this…

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  • The Iranian movie 'A Cube of Sugar' had its first two showings at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii.

    Directed by Seyyed-Reza Mir-Karimi, the 2011 drama feature film was warmly welcomed by…

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  • After a superb start last week, the 15th Tehran Music Festival was followed by six days of concerts from well-known musicians, singers and ensembles before coming to a conclusion Monday night.

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  • Researchers at the Sharif University of Technology have developed a method for 'wearable' robots (aka Exoskeletons) to learn wearer's movement and reactions accordingly, IRNA reported.

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  • In the past years several films on Iran-Iraq war have been produced which deserve praise, but this is not enough since the heroic Iranian resistance and 8 years of sacred defense are legendary and…

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  • National orchestra conductor Alinaghi Vaziri is a legend in Iranian music but his contribution has remained relatively unknown.

    Farhad Fakhreddini, speaking at the commemoration of Vaziri…

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  • An extremely rare and well-preserved 17th century coin was found by an amateur treasure hunter last week in a field in Nottinghamshire, England, the Daily Mail reported.

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