Art And Culture

People from working-class backgrounds are vastly underrepresented in arts jobs, according to a new report from a team of sociologists in the UK.

Only 18.2% of people working in music,…

On the occasion of International Tabletop Day (ITTD) which is celebrated in over 70 countries on April 28, the Mind Sports Forum at Iran Sport for All Federation has planned a nationwide program…

University of Tehran will host an exhibition of documentary photographs of the people in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

A group of painters have selected the subject of ‘Dog’ for their collective project underway at Shokouh Art Gallery.

Visitors will see this loyal human companion in each of the paintings…

Graphic designer Mehdi Fatehi is showing his collection of posters at Mandegar Art Gallery in Arak, capital of Markazi Province. Fatehi’s exhibition, titled ‘Present Perfect’, will open Friday (…

Saless Art gallery in Tehran is displaying a series of post-apocalyptic paintings by Zahra Qiasi.

It is the second solo show by Qiasi, who is a translator of visual art books and a…

Cinematheque of Qolhak Cineplex on April 28 will show the 2017 neo-western mystery ‘Wind River’ written and directed by Taylor Sheridan.

The comedy drama ‘Secrets and Lies’ will have one screening at Iranian Artists Forum on April 30.

British writer and filmmaker Mike Leigh made the film in 1996. The film won  the…

Sotheby’s London held an auction titled ‘20th Century Art / Middle East’ on April 24 concluding an exhibit of ‘Orientalist and Middle Eastern Art Week’, launched April 20. In the sale, out of 60…

As one of its periodical exhibits, the library of Niavaran Cultural Historic Complex in Tehran is displaying two precious Persian manuscripts. 

Tiwall, one of the known platforms for cultural events, has planned a trip to Ghazzali Cinema Town, 14km west of Tehran.

Visitors of the tour on Friday will walk through the settings,…

After a big win at the 36th Fajr Film Festival (February 1-11), director Bahram Tavakoli is preparing for his next feature film.

Dall Art Gallery in Tehran will celebrate calligraphy from the Qajar era (1786-1925) with an exhibition to open May 2.

Praxis Theater Group from Tehran is to take one of its most acclaimed works ‘I’m a Woman, Can You Hear Me?’ on stage on April 26 in Karlsruhe, southwest Germany, as part of the biennial cultural…

Fereshteh Gallery in Tehran will hold a show of batik paintings by Mehrasa Gheibi from April 27. To make batik works, selected areas of a piece of cloth are blocked out by brushing or drawing…

Zhiwaar Tour has organized a short trip to an old street in south Tehran built in 1867.

Molavi Street was paved in the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah of the Qajar dynasty who gave Tehran a…

The Dar ul-Funun (Talent Campus) section of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival came to a close on Monday, four days before the end of the festival, at Dar ul-Funun in south of Tehran,…

A book on the late auteur Abbas Kiarostami and his cinema was unveiled Monday at the Cinema and Theater Faculty, Tehran University of Art, concurrent with the 36th Fajr International Film…

World Book Day (also known as International Day of the Book) is a yearly event held on April 23 and organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. It was celebrated for the…

The 8th Beijing International Film Festival concluded on April 22 announcing the winners with Iranian actress Mina Sadati receiving the best supporting actress award for her performance in ‘…

Iranian film ‘Kejal’ directed by Nima Yar and produced by Javad Norouz-Beigi will be screened at Cannes Film Market, May 8-17. According to Honaronline, Kejal portrays a young ‘koolbar’ girl…

Namava Theater Festival, organized by Amir Kabir University of Technology, is underway from the weekend at the varsity in Tehran.

It features stage reading of 17 plays written by…

Neyestan Publication in Tehran will soon release the Persian translation of a book from the winner of 2015 Noble Prize in literature, Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich.

Titled ‘…

Tehran-based Negah Publishing and Bookstore has released a Persian rendering of ‘Strange Pilgrims’ by Noble Prize winner, Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014).

Periodontist, painter, author and set designer Maziar Shahzad-Dowlatshahi has staged his debut play which is based on a work by Argentine-Chilean-American playwright Ariel Dorfman.

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