Art And Culture

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  • Paintings, drawings and documents left behind by the Petgar family will be on view at Salam Art Gallery in Tehran.

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  • Moqaddam Museum is a priceless historical house on Imam Khomeini Street in downtown Tehran that once belonged to archaeologist and painter Mohsen Moqaddam (1900-1987).

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  • The comedy play “Lord of Carnage” written by celebrated French playwright Yasmina Reza is to be staged at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran on June 8.

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  • Photojournalist and cinematographer Saeed Sadeghi is to display his war photos in an exhibition at Fereshteh Art Gallery in Tehran from May 25-June 2.

    The ‘Residence of Heart’ features a…

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  • Safir English Language Academy has organized a tour of Bam-e-Tehran (Tehran’s roof).

    Bam-e-Tehran is the northernmost tip of the capital in Velenjak neighborhood where the valleys of…

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  • Adorian Fire Temple is in downtown Tehran. The Qajar-era temple belonging to the Zoroastrian community is located on Mirza Kouchak Khan Street, north of Jomhouri Avenue. 

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  • Filming of a documentary on the lives of Persian poet Hafez and German writer and statesman Goethe has been completed by Farshad Fereshteh-Hekmat.

    According to public relations office of…

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  • Irish American actor Pierce Brosnan stood beside his $1.4 million painting of music legend Bob Dylan and told how art had helped him cope with the death of his first wife. The James Bond star –…

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  • Godfather Café in Tehran will hold a series of concerts in which Quawx rock band performs memorable pieces from Beatles, Elvis Presley, Radiohead and Rolling Stones among other famous musicians…

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  • Pourdavoud Center for the Study of Iranian World at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has invited archaeologist Professor Margaret Miller from University of Sydney to elaborate on “…

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  • Tehran-based Qoqnoos Publication has released a Persian translation of the novel “Surfacing” by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.

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  • Among the recently published books of Tehran-based publication Cheshmeh is a photography book containing photos taken by prominent photographer Bahman Jalali. 

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  • On the 6th death anniversary of literary researcher and translator Hassan Rahavard, a collection of books and documents from his private library was donated by his family to the Parliament…

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  • Painter, illustrator and art instructor Arash Lahiji, 39, is holding a show at Negah Art Gallery in Tehran.

    In his paintings Lahiji has combined miniature painting, graphic art,…

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  • Theater director Siavash Bahadori Raad has staged his adaptation of “Oblomov” at Iranshahr Theater in Tehran.

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  • Linda Farrell Art Gallery in Paris will host a group painting exhibition of Iranian artists.

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  • Short animation “Bystander” directed by motion graphics artist Sheyda Kashi, is to be screened at the Adelaide International Women’s Film Festival (June 1-3).

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  • Hirozazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters” won the Palme d’Or as the best film of the 71st Cannes Film Festival.

    It was the seventh by the Japanese director to screen in Cannes, and the first to…

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  • Actor and director Javad Ensafi is to bring on stage “A City Without Beggars,” a play written by theater actor, director and playwright Hassan Dowlatabadi.

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  • The Tehran-based artistic group of Naqsh-e Honar is calling for submission of paintings and sculptures. Deadline for submissions is May 31. They are to be submitted to the Instagram page of the…

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  • Actor and director Reza Kianian is showing a Persian version of the situation comedy play, ‘The Professional’, written by Serbian playwright Dusan Kovacevic in Canada.

    The play has…

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  • An adaptation of Spanish tragedy “Yerma” written by playwright Federico García Lorca is on stage at Molavi Theater Hall in Tehran.

    The play “Yermagh” is loosely based on Lorca’s…

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  • Graphic artist and textile designer Mehdi Sarookhani has prepared a ‘Qajar Feast’ at Idea Art Gallery.

    Running through May 24, the exhibit features a series of collage arts showing…

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  • Painter Arash Emdadian is showing his paintings of Tehran at Atbin Art Gallery.

    The solo show “Again …” opened May 18 and will run through May 29. With an abstract approach, he has…

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  • Works by sculptor Mohammad-Reza Khalaji are on display at Iranshahr Art Gallery.

    A series of figurative sculptures is the outcome of Khalaji’s contemplation in the concept of ‘framework…

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