Art And Culture

Tehran Symphony Orchestra will perform musical pieces by the Russian pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and Czech composer Antonín Dvořák at Vahdat Hall, July 5-6.

Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish psychological thriller “Everybody Knows” is to be screened at the Munich International Film Festival, June 28-July 7.

Starring Spanish couple Penelope Cruz and…

Godfather Café in Tehran will host a one-man rock concert on Wednesday night.

A romantic novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery titled “The Blue Castle” has been translated into Persian.

The 1920’s era fiction, is rendered by Maryam Haji-Alireza and…

The short story book “Ex-Yu: Stories” written by Croatian-Canadian author Josip Novakovich is available in Persian.

Novakovich’s first collection of short fiction has been translated by…

Blue Vision Photography Festival, featuring photos by 69 local photographers and 13 from other countries, is underway at Negarestan Garden Museum in Tehran.

Affiliated to University of…

Abgineh Museum (museum of glassware and ceramic) houses a unique collection of antique vases, bottles, vessels and statuettes among others.

The historical building once belonged to Ahmad…

The name is Nature Bridge because it spans between two huge parks within the city and offers a vast overlook of trees and green spaces.

The 270-meter bridge straddles the Modarres…

Iran Poem and Literature Foundation has planned a trekking trip in the company of writers and poets. It is the third time that the foundation is organizing such a trip.

A documentary directed and produced by Masoud Taheri on the life of the Japanese Islamologist and Qur’an scholar Toshihiko Izutsu is ready for screening.

Iran Architectural Luminaries Foundation has organized a meeting on context-driven architecture.

Slated for June 13, the meeting will be held with the participation of architectural…

A video-on-demand website for Iranian documentary films was recently launched at www.hashure.com.

Manager of Hashure website is graphic designer Farzad Azaripour. The focus of the online…

The play “Summerless” by playwright and theater director Amir Reza Koohestani went on stage at Festival delle Colline Torinesi in Turin at the weekend.

Celebrating the very best in the British art scene over the past century, London Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art Evening Sale is led by an exciting array of fresh-to-market works by…

The play “1+1”, written and directed by Omid Niaz and his Italian colleague and actor Guglielmo Papa, received an honorary diploma and award for the best performance judged by the audience at…

The Persian translation of crime fiction novel “Camino Island” by American bestselling writer, attorney, politician and activist John Grisham has been made available by Morvarid publications.…

Cheshmeh Publishing Company has released a Persian translation of “Shantytown” written by Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of Argentine contemporary literature César Aira.

The 3rd International Troglodytic Architecture Conference has called for submission of articles.

Organized by the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, affiliated to Iran’…

Old photos from Veresk, a village in Savadkuh County in Mazandaran Province, have become a source of inspiration for the paintings of Asal Peyravi, which are on display at Dastan Art Gallery in…

Kaveh Art Gallery is to host a jewelry exhibition of handmade products by jeweler Masoud Jabbarnia.

Jabbarnia’s show will open June 15 and run through July 5 at the venue located at No.…

Fakhteh ensemble is to hold a concert on June 15 in the port city of Noshahr, Mazandaran Province.

Amphitheater Hall of the Caspian city will host the ensemble led by Khashayar Hesami,…

Ketabsara Publications, based in Tehran, has released a book on the female characters in the Shahnameh, (Book of Kings) the longest epic title in poems written by Persian poet Ferdowsi (940-1020…

Actor, playwright and theater director Hamidreza Naeemi is planning an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Richard III”, a story of jealousy, conspiracy and deceit. 

According to the…

Visual artist Roham Sanei has set up a solo exhibition of his works at Ariana Art Gallery.

On display are paintings, graphic arts, sculptures and installation arts with themes revolving…

In his latest show, graphic artist, illustrator and painter Saeed Khazaee has depicted the “Seven Tasks of Rostam,” a series of extraordinary acts carried out by Rostam, the greatest of heroes…