Art And Culture

A group painting exhibition by nine young visual artists is being held at Shirin Art Gallery.

Titled “Unrecognized Methods,” it includes paintings of various techniques from realism to…

An adaptation of the play “The Case of Crushed Petunias” written by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is to go on stage at Gandom Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran on June 20 under the…

Vahdat Hall in Tehran is set to host two concerts with a repertoire of various works from Baroque to the 20th century. 

Iranian Architecture Center in Tehran is to hold on Wednesday a seminar on “Façade Engineering,” one of the main elements in aesthetic of buildings and urban landscape. The center’s first…

A Painting by New York mixed media artist Benjamin Katz has been sold for 150 bitcoins, the equivalent of over $1.25 million, a record price in crypto-currency for an artwork.

Bitcoin is…

Celebrated English actress, author and social activist Joanna Lumley is in Iran to make a local episode of her documentary series.

Lumley’s trip is part of her latest globetrotting…

Veteran folk singer Kourosh Asadpour, accompanied by Gahar music ensemble, will perform a concert of Lurish music (ethnic music of western and southwestern regions in Iran). The Tehran event is…

Comma Art Gallery is to host a collection of photos taken by four Iranian cineastes.

According to the Persian website of Mehr News Agency, the 10-day event in Tehran, set to open June 22…

Works of two Iranian artists are on display in an exhibition at the 7 Art Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey until June 21.

Titled “Double Duet Rooster,” the exhibit is a collection of 20…

The National Library in Tehran will hold a meeting titled “Presence of Hafez” on June 19.

Former US president Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a thriller novel named “The President Is Missing.”

Tragicomedy “The Qajar Theater”, written and directed by Dariush Raiyat, is on the stage at City Theater.   

It is a mix of real historical events alongside fictional take on…

The play, “Āmiz Qalamdun” (Scribe in Persian), written by the veteran playwright Akbar Radi is on stage at Iranshahr Theater.

University of Kurdistan in Sanandaj is organizing a project for collecting Kurdish folktales.

The varsity’s Research Institute for Kurdish Studies has invited enthusiasts to a project in…

Two US-based Iranian musicians Armin Morshed and Mohammad Shabani have released their new album online.

“Back to Dreaming” includes nine tracks composed and arranged by Morshed who also…

An 18th century Chinese vase found in a shoebox in an attic in France sold for 16.2 million euros ($19 million) at auction in Paris on Tuesday.

The price was more than 20 times the…

An exhibition of paintings by artists Sara Baradaran and Ghazal Shahbazi is underway at Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran.

The call for the 2nd ASA International Humanitarian Film Festival in Weimar, Germany, has been extended to June 18. So far more than 2,000 short films, documentaries and animations from 120…

Guitarist and singer Hamid-Reza Salehin will perform famous soundtracks at Godfather Café in Tehran.

On Thursday night, Salehin will play some golden soundtracks including that of the…

Feature film “Bearer” directed by Bahman Kamyar hit the screens across the country on Wednesday with two other films as new screenings started on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, due Friday, which…

The drama “I Want to Dance”, the eighth feature film of veteran filmmaker Bahman Framanara has been released ahead of the annual Eid al-Fitr festivity. 

Godfather Café will have a single screening of the 2013 drama of Joel and Ethan Coen “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Friday. 

 A collection of short stories written by the Argentinean novelist Julio Cortázar alongside his interviews and quotes has been published in Persian by Ettefagh publication.

Tajrish district in north Tehran is one of the famous neighborhoods in the capital. It has the two squares namely Tajrish and Qods. Between the two, there is a traditional roofed bazaar, known…

Classical vocalist Homayoun Shajarian, and composer Sohrab Pournazeri are to perform the second series of their multimedia concert at Sa’dabad Complex in early July.