Art And Culture

Selected pieces of sculptures at the Fourth Sculpture Biennial for Urban Space will be installed in city spaces in Tehran by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2016), said a municipal…

Iran earned a precious 2-0 victory over Bahrain in a tempestuous Asian Cup clash on Sunday.

Winners of the Arba’een International Photography Competition will be awarded next month. The award ceremony will be held concurrent with celebrations marking the anniversary of the February 1979…

The representative of the UN in Karbala, Iraq, described the Imam Hussein (AS) Museum in the holy city as one of the top 10 museums in the world.

Ali Kamouna made the remark in a ceremony…

The animated movie ‘Fried Fish’ will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), competing with other movies in the Children’s Section.

The movie is directed by Leyla…

Lack of high quality material and the devaluation of the national currency, among other things, have led to recession in the publishing industry, say directors of publication companies.

The…

Eleven Iranologists from Bulgaria, Poland, and Russia are attending the 10th conference on Iranology underway at the Allameh Tabataba’i University (ATU) in Tehran.

The unveiling ceremony of the statue of Amir Kabir was held to commemorate his death anniversary at Tehran’s Milad Tower Hall of Fame Museum, on Sunday (Jan 11).

The silicone statue of the…

Malaysia plans to translate and distribute one million copies of the Qur’an in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil “in an effort to correct misleading interpretations of Islam.”

Iranian artist Mahya Ayazian has given the traditional Persian embroidery art of ‘Rashti-Duzi’ a new life by creating day-to-day items such as women’s purses, accessories and cell phone bags…

The second day of the AFC Asian Cup saw three matches and all the three winning teams scoring 1-0.

Directed by the well-known Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, the film ‘Muhammad’, revolving around the childhood of the Holy Prophet of Islam from his birth till the age of 12, marks Iran’s biggest-…

Awarding the winners of different sections, the closing ceremony of the 6th National Festival of Prayer in Camera’s View was held Thursday (Jan 8), in the holy city of Qom at the Department of…

A new game to educate kids and adolescents with archeological concepts has been developed by the Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT).

With the beginning of the AFC Asian Cup 2015 on Friday (January 9) in Australia and just one day ahead of the first match for Iran’s national team against Bahrain, different foreign websites have…

Photos of holy sites in different parts of Iran were put on display at an exhibition titled ‘Photo of Iran’ at the Iranian Cultural Office in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.

According to the…

Iran’s Alhoda International, Cultural, Artistic & Publishing Institution is participating in the Doha International Book Fair with more than 200 titles this year.

The 25th edition of…

Iranian short film ‘The Hose’ directed by Mansour Forouzesh and starring Sirous Hemmati and Kasra Jourabloo will be screened at the 8th International Children’s Film Festival in…

Art’s sweet relationship with the brain and body makes a trip to the museum worth it.

Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will showcase 3 collections of his photography at Ankara’s contemporary arts center Cer Modern in 2015.

The oldest book in the Organization for Libraries, Museums, and Documents Center at Astan Quds Razavi is the Latin edition of the ‘Dictionary of the Bible,’ printed in 1473 AD coinciding with the…

An abridged version of the book ‘An Introduction to Qur’anic Sciences’ has been translated into English and published by Tamhid Publishing House as well as SAMT Publications.

The original…

The second edition of ‘The Brotherhood of Mutilation’, a horror story written by Brian Evenson, and translated by Vahidollah Mousavi into Persian will be published by Shourafarin Publication by…

The Golden Raspberry, popularly known as the Razzie award, is a peculiar piece of Hollywood legend. While every film award season is typically a four month long celebration of the best the global…

The Iranian Cinema Festival in Kuwait, held late December, was warmly welcomed by the Arab audience.

Screening four Iranian films, the festival, held in Kuwait’s Laila Gallery artistic…