Art And Culture
Iran art and culture news, Read the most current stories about art and culture in Iran including exhibition, movies, theatre and music news.
October 26, 2021 19:10
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May 22,2018Irish American actor Pierce Brosnan stood beside his $1.4 million painting of music legend Bob... -
May 22,2018Paintings, drawings and documents left behind by the Petgar family will be on view at Salam Art Gallery in Tehran. “Dreams and Fantasies,” a review of works and documents relating to the family,...
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May 22,2018The comedy play “Lord of Carnage” written by celebrated French playwright Yasmina Reza is to be staged at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran on June 8. Ali Sarabi will direct and act the award-winning...
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May 22,2018Bam-e Tehran (Roof of Tehran) is the northernmost tip of the capital in Velenjak neighborhood where the valleys of Mount Tochal and the vast view of the capital can be seen. It is a large...
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May 22,2018Filming of a documentary on the lives of Persian poet Hafez and German writer and statesman Goethe has been completed by Farshad Fereshteh-Hekmat. According to public relations office of the...
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May 22,2018On the occasion of International Museum Day (May 18) and the National Cultural Heritage Week (May 14-22), Reza Abbasi Museum in Tehran opened an exhibition of clothes worn during Qajar rule (1786-...
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May 22,2018Moqaddam Museum is a priceless historical house on Imam Khomeini Street in downtown Tehran that once belonged to archaeologist and painter Mohsen Moqaddam (1900-1987). The luxurious house is...
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May 22,2018Photojournalist and cinematographer Saeed Sadeghi is to display his war photos in an exhibition at Fereshteh Art Gallery in Tehran from May 25-June 2. The ‘Residence of Heart’ features a...
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May 22,2018Adorian Fire Temple is in downtown Tehran. The Qajar-era temple belonging to the Zoroastrian community is located on Mirza Kouchak Khan Street, north of Jomhouri Avenue. The fire burning in the...
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May 21,2018Theater director Siavash Bahadori Raad has staged his adaptation of “Oblomov” at Iranshahr Theater in Tehran. The 90-minute play, written and directed by Bahadori opened May 14 and will be onstage...
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May 21,2018Short animation “Bystander” directed by motion graphics artist Sheyda Kashi, is to be screened at the Adelaide International Women’s Film Festival (June 1-3). Based in Adelaide, South Australia’s...
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May 21,2018Pourdavoud Center for the Study of Iranian World at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has...
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May 21,2018Among the recently published books of Tehran-based publication Cheshmeh is a photography book containing photos taken by prominent photographer Bahman Jalali. Titled “Bushehr,” the book is in 102...
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May 21,2018Painter, illustrator and art instructor Arash Lahiji, 39, is holding a show at Negah Art Gallery in Tehran. In his paintings Lahiji has combined miniature painting, graphic art, calligraphy and...
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May 21,2018Linda Farrell Art Gallery in Paris will host a group painting exhibition of Iranian artists. According to a post on the Facebook page of the gallery, the event, titled “Les Reves Non Cibles” (Non-...
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May 21,2018Godfather Café in Tehran will hold a series of concerts in which Quawx rock band performs memorable pieces from Beatles, Elvis Presley, Radiohead and Rolling Stones among other famous musicians and...
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May 21,2018Tehran-based Qoqnoos Publication has released a Persian translation of the novel “Surfacing” by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. A detective, psychological thriller, the novel tells the story of a...
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May 21,2018On the 6th death anniversary of literary researcher and translator Hassan Rahavard, a collection of books and documents from his private library was donated by his family to the Parliament Library...
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May 20,2018Painter Arash Emdadian is showing his paintings of Tehran at Atbin Art Gallery. The solo show “Again …” opened May 18 and will run through May 29. With an abstract approach, he has shifted from...
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May 20,2018Actor and director Javad Ensafi is to bring on stage “A City Without Beggars,” a play written by theater actor, director and playwright Hassan Dowlatabadi. “The play is written in the genre of...
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May 20,2018Actor and director Reza Kianian is showing a Persian version of the situation comedy play, ‘The Professional’, written by Serbian playwright Dusan Kovacevic in Canada. The play has already been on...
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May 20,2018Graphic artist and textile designer Mehdi Sarookhani has prepared a ‘Qajar Feast’ at Idea Art Gallery. Running through May 24, the exhibit features a series of collage arts showing manipulated...
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May 20,2018Works by sculptor Mohammad-Reza Khalaji are on display at Iranshahr Art Gallery.
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May 20,2018Hirozazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters” won the Palme d’Or as the best film of the 71st Cannes Film Festival.
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May 20,2018The Tehran-based artistic group of Naqsh-e Honar is calling for submission of paintings and sculptures. Deadline for submissions is May 31. They are to be submitted to the Instagram page of the...
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