Art And Culture

Saba Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran is holding an exhibition of photographs and documents that tell the 150-year plus history of Iran.

Master of Persian literature and renowned Iranologist, writer and translator Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi will deliver a lecture about celebrated Persian poet Sanai Ghaznavi (1080-1131). Cultural…

Prolific painter Bijan Akhgar has his latest series of works on show at Hoor Art Gallery in Tehran.

On show is a collection of paintings with “bus” as the recurrent subject. In an…

A collection of critical essays by French semiotician Roland Barthes is now available in Persian.

The book “Elements of Semiology” has been translated by researcher and translator…

Novella “Dying” written by the Austrian playwright and author Arthur Schnitzler has been translated into Persian by veteran translator Ali Asghar Hadad.

The 19th century book has been…

Acclaimed tar and setar virtuoso and composer Hossein Alizadeh loves breaking the taboo when it comes to bringing music instruments in the open.

In an interview with ISNA, Alizadeh…

Two Iranian films won three prizes at the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival (APFF) in Taipei, Taiwan, August 29-September 2.

Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center has released a book on research related to inscriptions from Urartu Civilization.

The book “Urartuian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions From Iran”…

Musical notes by prominent piano player and composer Morteza Mahjubi have been compiled and published in a bilingual book.

The piano pieces have been compiled by musician Bahar…

Abdul Majid Arfaee, a researcher in ancient history of Ilam and expert in Avestan, Elamite and Akkadian languages, will share part of his vast knowledge on Mesopotamian civilization.

The 20th House of Cinema awards ceremony was held Saturday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall where Vahid Jalilvand’s drama “No Date, No Signature” won the major awards.

Zabihullah Mohammadi’s pen drawings went on show at Iranian Artists Forum on August 31.  The works are centered on folk tales, Qur’anic stories and ancient Persian epic fables, particularly…

E1 Art Gallery will hold an exhibition of paintings by notable filmmaker Tahmineh Milani from September 7.

Milani has created 26 paintings during the past few years -- a lifelong dream…

Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition has announced Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor as one of the recipients of the 2018 Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award.

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Artist and narrator Bahareh Jahan-Doost is to perform Naqqali (traditional dramatic Persian story-telling) for Iranian and Ukrainian audiences at Fereshteh branch of Book City Institute in…

Four films from Iran including three features and one short work will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 6-16.

The feature films represent works of award…

Safavi House in Isfahan is holding a charity exhibition at its gallery from August 29.

Dubbed “The White Shadow,” the exhibit is organized under the auspices of Nourtaj Charity Group in…

Reza Abbasi Museum in Tehran will hold two major exhibitions from September 3-7. The museum will display 30 calligraphy works by master calligrapher Afshin Abu-Ali from Mahshahr in Khuzestan. It…

Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is to go on stage at Tehran City Theater on September 2.

The play, directed by Maryam Kazemi, is a musical…

A romantic comedy play by the late American playwright Neil Simon, “Barefoot in the Park”, will be read on stage at Baran Theater on Monday.

The text is translated by Shahram Zargar and…

The Iranian Artists Forum opened an exhibit on the career of film poster designer Mohammad Ali Bateni on Friday up until September 11.

The 75th Venice Film Festival opened on August 29 with the world premiere of Damien Chazelle’s First Man, starring Ryan Gosling as American astronaut Neil Armstrong. Among the participants in…

Delasa music group, led by percussionist, daf player, actor and radio presenter Amin Darabi, will perform on September 6 at Soureh Hall of Art Forum (Hozeh Honari).

Founded in 2001, the…

A group exhibition is underway at Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art that will run until September 3. The “Pattern of Color” features 130 Persian paintings, illustrations, sculptures…

Iraj Pezeshkzad’s popular novel “My Uncle Napoleon” was published for the second time in France.

It was originally published in Tehran in 1973 and the French translation by Iranian…