Art And Culture

A series of symbolic paintings by painter Mitra Ebrahimi, 65, are on show at Golestan Art Gallery.

The ‘Crossed-Out Apples’ features a series of paintings with the recurrent subjects of…

Negar Art Gallery will host the ‘Scattered Memories’, a group painting exhibition curated by Yalda Jamali, one of the participating artists at the event.

The exhibit, open until Nov. 23…

Calligraphic painter Pirouz Payandeh, 38, has put his latest works on display at Farda Art Gallery.

The prolific artist has used texture and bold colors in his paintings, Gallery Info…

The fundraising exhibition ‘I’m Not Alone’, organized by Mojdeh Art Gallery in Tehran to support the victims of the earthquake in western Iran, raised 1.3 billion rials ($32,660) in two days.

Veteran calligrapher Yadollah Kaboli-Khansari, 68, will put on display 100 of his works created in the past 50 years.

Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, ‘Salvator Mundi’, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie‘s, more than double the old price for any work of art at auction.…

‘Too Loud a Solitude’, a play adaptation of a namesake novel by Czech writer Bohumil Harbol is brought on stage at Iranshahr Theater.

A total of 17 works form Iranian cinema and TV are attending the 35th Sport Movies & TV Festival in Milan, Italy, November 15-20. Iranian works comprise clip arts, TV shows, feature and…

Written and directed by Salim Bashokouh, the play ‘Good Dream, Dream’ is currently being performed at Arghanoon Theater and will run through December 1.

The play which is about the myth…

Arash Taherkhani is to bring ‘Measure for Measure’ a play by William Shakespeare on the stage at Molavi Theater.

The work is believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. The play’s…

The play ‘Akhkakandou’ written by Seyyed Mohamad Mosavat, and directed by Hadi Amel will go on stage on November 21 and run through December 11.

The comedy which will be performed for…

Acclaimed Azeri musician and tar virtuoso Ramiz Guliyev, 70 will perform an orchestra of classical Azeri compositions in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, December 21-2.

Guliyev is invited by ‘…

Kurdish music band Arshavir will perform on November 21 at Vahdat Hall in Tehran to support the people of Kermanshah Province following the 7.3-magnitude earthquake on November 12 in the border…

Iconic video game characters Mario and Luigi may just be Hollywood’s next big stars, with an animated Super Mario Bros. movie in the works.

Gando Tours has planned a one-and-half-day trip to Maranjab Desert, Aran-Bidgol County, Isfahan Province.

The tour starts on November 18 at 2 pm from 7-Tir Square and ends in Tehran the…

Several amazing destinations in Semnan and Mazandaran provinces are considered in a tour planned by Arand Touring Company for Friday and Saturday, November 17-18.

An off road trip to the deserts of Isfahan Province will boost the adrenaline of visitors abroad. It is a two-day tour organized by Spilet Alborz Travel Agency for Friday and Saturday, November…

Zhiwaar Tour is organizing a one-day trip to the forests of Mazandaran Province. Visiting Babol-Kenar rural district in Babol County and walk in the forests around Bez-Cheft village are in the…

Sean Penn, the celebrated American actor, will release his debut novel next year, a darkly humorous tale titled ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’.

Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon…

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival in the US granted the award for the Best Film to ‘Immortality’ directed by Iranian filmmaker Mehdi Fard-Qaderi.

The movie which is a portrait of…

The largest diamond ever offered at auction went under the hammer in Geneva Tuesday for nearly $34 million, a world record for a gem of its kind, the Christie’s auction house said.

Filmmaker Masoud Jafari-Jozani and musician Hossein Alizadeh are representing Iranian music and cinema at the 11th Delhi International Art Festival (DIAF) in the  Indian capital, November…

Sotheby’s Dubai staged its inaugural auction November 13 with Iranian modernist artworks among the highlights of the event.

Titled ‘Boundless,’ the auction sought to explore the…

Celebrated actor Navid Mohammadzadeh dedicated his award from the 10th Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia, to the victims of the  earthquake that hit Kermanshah Province and…

The art community is launching charity programs in the wake of the 7.3 earthquake that jolted western province of Kermanshah and the regions bordering Iraq on Sunday night.

The quake…