Art And Culture

Sistan-Baluchestan University’s Art Faculty in collaboration with the Society of Cultural Heritage of Zabol is planning the first International Festival of Mythical Characters for Esfand, the…

Actress Elnaz Shakerdoust together with actor Amir Jafari will lead the play ‘Gom-o-Gour’ (literally meaning to get lost) on stage from November 12.

Shakerdoust, who is quite popular in…

Ian Fleming’s early manuscripts on the fictional British secret service agent James Bond are on display at Indiana University in the US.

The Lilly Library at the university houses the…

Tate Modern museum of London is displaying photos documenting the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

Curated by Iranian art historian Morad Montazami and photographer…

Painter Mahsa Latifi, 30, is presenting her critical views of contemporary humankind at Atashzad Art Gallery in Tehran. Under the banner of ‘Ignorance’ the exhibit is the artist’s attempt to…

Celebrated filmmaker Reza Dormishian’s fourth feature film ‘White Chairs’ premiered at the 41st International Sao Paulo Film Festival last week and was welcomed by the audience in all five…

The play ‘The History Boys’ written by the British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author Alan Bennett is to go on stage on November 13 at Iranshahr Theater Hall.

A free adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s play ‘No Exit’ is underway at Shahrzad Theater.

Directed by by Reza Asghari and titled ‘Afterlife’, the play begins with three characters who find…

Parisa Rafi’ Mehr will perform a stage reading of ‘Death of a Salesman’, written by American playwright Arthur Miller, for seven days from November 15.

Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has selected some of its internationally acclaimed books and put their illustrated pages on display at an exhibit…

World of Wearable Art has announced the conditions and important dates for its annual design competition, calling on designers, artists and creators across the world to submit their works.

‘The Hermit’, the only novel by renowned Romanian-French absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco has been translated into Persian and published in Iran.

Rendered by Bahareh Moradi, the…

In traditional Iranian architecture ‘taqche’ (niche) used to be an important interior element. A built-in shelf or wall niche, taqche was used according to the function of the room. It was…

Disney and Marvel’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ debuted in a strong fashion, taking in over $120 million in its opening weekend, November 3-5.

With an estimated $121 million, the third installment…

A tour around Gilan Province is planned for November 9-10 by Zhiwar Travel Agency.

Starting at 5 am, the tour straddles the Tehran-Qazvin Highway before turning north to Rasht. Breakfast…

Hesel lagoon in the middle of Chalus forests, Mazandaran Province, is the destination of a one-day tour organized for November, 9 by Gando Tours.

The rendezvous is at 5 am, 7-Tir Square…

In two and half days enthusiasts can have a memorable desert experience in Isfahan Province. The program is organized by Spilet Alborz, a Tehran-based company specializing in eco tours.

Kalout Travel has organized a short forest trekking program in Elimestan Forest, Mazandaran Province, for November 9.

The tour starts at 5 am from Fatemi Street near Laleh Hotel in…

Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan, Turkish folk musician, composer, and singer, are to jointly perform two impromptu concerts -- one on November 10 in Rotterdam, the…

The first International Festival of Persian Speaking Communities in Europe will be held in Paris in January.

Aimed at introducing and promoting Persian culture and the arts across…

Warner Bros. Television and the estate of JRR Tolkien are in talks with Amazon Studios - affiliated to the Washington-based electronic commerce company of Amazon Incorporation - to develop…

The third installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot series, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ will be shown at Qolhak cinemeplex on November 10 at 10 pm.

A 2017 American science…

Qolhak Cineplex is one of the few venues that show foreign films in Tehran. Every night it has two shows of the best classic and new foreign movies.

According to the cinema website, on…

Shahram Mokri’s third feature film ‘Invasion’ starts screening at ten selected cinemas from November 6.

In the crime drama, someone’s been murdered and the police are investigating in a…

Cinemas are screening the musical comedy ‘Khaltour’, a Persian term applied to a singer who performs low quality music at (wedding) parties and his songs are meaningless, the word is used to…