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. 

  • David Mamet Turns His Sights on Harvey Weinstein
    American playwright David Mamet has written a new play about the infamous film producer Harvey Weinstein, the Pulitzer Prize winner said in an interview published on Friday.
  • Jami al-Tawarikh Manuscript  on Display at Golestan Palace
    A 400-year-old copy of Jāmi al-Tawārīkh, the compendium of chronicles written by historian, physician ad statesman of Ilkhanate-ruled Iran Rashid al-Din Fazlullah Hamedani (1247-1318), is on public...
  • Roof of Tehran
    Safir English Language Academy has organized a tour of Bam-e-Tehran (Tehran’s roof). Bam-e-Tehran is the northernmost tip of the capital in Velenjak neighborhood where the valleys of Mount Tochal...
  • Ancient Bas-Reliefs on Canvas
    Raha Rezaei’s painting exhibition will be inaugurated on Friday at Felestin (Palestine) Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran. Under the title ‘Ancient Land’, the works depict ancient bas-reliefs...
  • Cave & Temple
    Gando Tour will take enthusiasts to Markazi Province on Sunday where they will visit a natural attraction and an archaeological site. Two major destinations of the trip are Chal-Nakhjir Cave in...
  • A Persian translation of the picture biography of American author, political activist and lecturer Hellen Keller is available in local bookshops published by  Nakhostin Publication. ‘Helen’s Big...
  •  Screenshot from ‘Starless Dreams’
    America’s Anthology Film Archive is running a retrospective of acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei. Anthology Film Archives, based in New York, is an international center for the...
  • National Library Holds 80th Anniversary
    President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Gloria Pérez-Salmerón attended a ceremony on Monday at the National Library in Tehran that marked the 80th...
  •  A painting by Jahangir Shahdadi
    Still life paintings by painter, sculptor, architect and writer Jahangir Shahdadi are on view at Art Gallery 14 in Tehran. Titled ‘Still Nature’ (in Persian: Tabiat-e Saken), the exhibit shows a...
  • Secret Among Friends
    Somayeh Yousefi’s translation of Ruth Ware’s mystery/ psychological fiction ‘Lying Game’ has been printed by ‘N’ (ن, the 29th letter in Persian alphabet) Publication. Four old school friends bound...
  • ‘Privacy’ Set for Vancouver Screening
    The Cinematheque of Vancouver in Canada will screen Iranian feature film ‘Privacy’ directed by Ahmad Moazzami on April 15 and 19. Written by Amir Sa’atchi Fard, story of the film revolves around...
  • Online Sale  of Artworks
    Arthibition Online Gallery is holding an art sale with 120 artworks at Arthibition.net. Arthibition is an online art gallery portraying Iranian visual artworks aiming to familiarize the world with...
  • A Different Journey
    Tehran-based Fanni Publication has released the children’s title ‘Journey of the Smileless Man’ by writer and translator Masoud Malak-Yari. The new title is about preserving nature and tells the...
  • Ghasideh Golmakani’s Films to Be Reviewed at Canada Festival
    REGARD Short Film Festival, Canada’s most important short film rendezvous, will focus on the works of Iranian filmmaker Ghasideh Golmakani. Based in Saguenay, Québec, and slated for March 14-18,...
  • Photos From Dreamland
    Photographer Yasmin Ashkboos will hold a solo exhibit of her works to support the quake-stricken children of Kermanshah Province. “The photo collection indeed is a very small gift to the quake-...
  • Exhibition for Helping  Quake Victims
    Shamideh Gallery will host a charity photo exhibition titled ‘Kurdish Portrait’ from March 2. Proceeds of the event will go for helping the quake-stricken people of Kermanshah Province, ISNA...
  • Gipsy Kings Family performing at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in August of 2016
    Celebrated French band Gipsy Kings Family will perform in Tehran for the third time. Slated for April 30 and May 2 at the Ministry of Interior Auditorium, the concerts are organized by the Exir...
  • First Tehran Electronic Music Festival
    Charsou Cineplex in Tehran will host the first Tehran Electronic Music Festival, March 3-9.  Fourteen concerts will be performed during the festival, two each night, Mehr News Agency reported....
  • Furniture Designed  by Bijan Shafei
    A collection of furniture designed by architect Bijan Shafei is on display at Art Time Gallery. The furniture is made mainly from bamboo. Items on display include tables, chairs, paravents, lights...
  • Khaled Hosseini’s New Book Deals With Refugee Crisis
    Riverhead Books, a division of the American Publisher Penguin Group based in New York, has acquired Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini’s new book ‘Sea Prayer’ which is the novelist’s response...
  • Linguist Anvari to Be Honored  at Dehkhoda Institute
    Linguist and researcher Hassan Anvari will be honored in a ceremony on the 139th birth anniversary of the celebrated Persian linguist Ali Akbar Dehkhoda at the International Centre for Persian...
  • Show of Artistic Jewelry
    Aria Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of ‘Contemporary Artistic Jewelry.’ It is the second time the exhibition is organized by Aria Gallery. The jewelry, ornaments and trinkets on display are...
  • ABU Committee to Convene
    The 2nd Intellectual Property & Legal Committee of ABU, the TV network of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, will meet February 26-27 in Tehran. The state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran...
  • Short Animation Honors  Farokhi Yazdi
    Iranian short animation ‘For Freedom’ directed by Ahmad Khosh-Niyyat is to be screened at the short film section of the first Bute Street Film Festival, in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England...
  • Meeting on Happiness, Role of Gov’t and Big Business
    Book City Institute has organized a meeting in Tehran to discuss ‘How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being.’ To be held on Tuesday, the meeting will be a debate on a research book...

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