Art And Culture

Pop singer and songwriter Rahim Shahriari from Tabriz will perform an Azeri concert on September 6 at Milad Tower in Tehran.

A collection of short stories, ‘’Men Without Women’’ by Japanese author Haruki Murakami is available in Persian.  

The work of the acclaimed writer has been translated in Persian…

Pars Cinema in the city of Kerman has cut ticket prices to help attract bigger audiences.

In response to soaring prices, decline in the value of the rial and the rapidly shrinking…

The 4th edition of Symposium of Art in Nature is scheduled to be held August 28-31, with a focus on “Rivers and Springs” as its main theme.  “I’m Still Alive” is to be held in Bula …

Saeed Faraji’s new documentary “Mirza Javad” about the advent of photography in Iran is to be premiered at Cinema Museum in Tehran on Monday in a ceremony to be attended by the film crew.…

Iran Architectural Luminaries Foundation has organized a meeting in Tehran on “Water-Related Structures in Qazvin.”

Qazvin, in northwest Iran, has a total of 25 historical bathhouses…

Pop singer Mehdi Yarahi will give two concerts on August 17 in Tehran after one year.

He will be hosted at the Milad Tower Convention Center, according to Ritmeno.ir.

CAMA Gallery (short for Contemporary and Modern Art) is hosting 38 paintings by artist Mehdi Kazemi. 

The show includes 14 acrylic-on-canvas works and 24 ceramic paintings, all in…

An exhibition of artworks by Hamid Nour-Keyhani is underway at Sayeh Art Gallery. 

The 71-year-old artist, an architect by profession, has put on show five collections of his…

Actor, director and screenwriter Afshin Hashemi won the prize for the best screenplay at the 6th Love International Film Festival (LIFF) in Beverly Hills, California, for his feature film “…

A group of actors with Down syndrome and physical impairment have performed Eugene Ionesco’s absurd play “The Chairs” in Avignon, France.

The play, directed by Hossein Rahimi, was staged…

UNICEF is collaborating with Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters on the prevention of substance abuse among children and youth. For the first time in Iran, a partnership agreement was signed…

A huge sculpture of a rooster created by sculptor and metalsmith Ahmad Roshani was installed last week in east Tehran. The 600kg iron statue called “Rooster,” was placed at the intersection of…

A spherical metal object, thought to be a century-old cannonball, was found Saturday at the Chehel-Sotoun historical pavilion in the tourist city of Isfahan.

Golestan Gallery will hold the 26th edition of the exhibition “100 Works, 100 Artists” on August 3 by displaying works of 182 contemporary artists.

The annual event, launched by gallery…

The comedy drama play “The Other” written and directed by Mohammad Hatami is on stage at Hafez Theater Hall until August 16.

Disney’s blockbuster deal for most of 21st Century Fox has finally been approved after months of negotiations by both companies.

Shareholders of the two giant film companies gathered…

Cinema Verite, Iran International Documentary Film Festival, has called for entries for its 12th edition to be held in Tehran in December.

According to the Persian news website ISNA, the…

An exhibition of Persian calligraphy is underway in Manila.

Part of “Iran Cultural Days,” a joint program between the two countries, the exhibit opened July 25 and will run through mid-…

The award winning play “Flick” written by American playwright Annie Baker is on stage at Shahrzad Theater until August 5.

David Mamet’s drama play “Oleanna” is to be staged at Rooberoo Mansion from July 29 to August 12.

The play centers on the relationship between a university teacher and one of his female…

Architectural projects by two Iranian companies, Kourosh Hajizadeh & Associates and Next Office are among the finalists of the 2018 Architizer A+Awards 2018.

Arzhang Art Gallery in Isfahan is showing a collection of miniature arts, watercolor paintings and calligraphy by renowned masters. An estimated 300 plus artworks from a collection belonging to…

Vahdat Hall in Tehran on August 8 will hold a concert of tar players from Iran and Azerbaijan.

Two musicians from Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan will perform a selection of their…

In the courtyard of a Berlin tenement block, the vestiges of an early 19th-century mural of an Alpine landscape featuring a bridge, lake, mountain hut and snow-capped peaks covers the back wall…