Art And Culture

A group exhibition of landscape painting opened at Fereshteh Art Gallery in Tehran on Friday.

“A Timeless Journey in Landscape” includes works of 27 artists with a focus on natural…

The bilingual biographical novel “The Childhood Story of Hafez” that provides an account of the early life of the renowned Persian poet Hafez has been released.

The book is written…

Spiritual Sanskrit epic of ancient India the “Mahabharata,” also known as the great tale of the Bharata dynasty, has been translated into Persian. The long epic poem has been translated by…

Two feature films from Iran will participate in the Calgary International Film Festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from September 19 to 30.

“Orange Days” by writer and director Arash…

Donya-e-Eqtesad Publications, based in Tehran, is going to release a 7-volume anthropological work on Baluch tribes in southeastern Iran, written by researcher, anthropologist and author Mahmoud…

An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” is currently on stage at Entezami Hall of Iranian Artists Forum and will run until September 14.

Museum of Fine Arts at Sa’dabad Cultural-Historical Complex in north Tehran has opened a new wing with an inaugural exhibition of paintings by a renowned veteran painter.

The new gallery…

Actor Shahab Hosseini has joined the cast of “The Night,” a thriller movie to be directed by Iranian-American film director and producer Kourosh Ahari.

Hosseini, who is remembered for…

The tragic drama “Dash Akol” based on a namesake short story by eminent fiction writer Sadeq Hedayat (1903-51) is on the screen.

Traditional and pop singer Hojat Ashrafzadeh has started collaboration with German electronic band Schiller in its new album.

The German group, named after celebrated poet and dramatist…

Selected cinemas are showing the social drama “Compulsory” directed by Hamidreza Refaee.

The film seeks to recognize and highlight the value of fathers. Karim, who is completing his…

Sarv Cultural House in Tehran hosted a program on old songs and ballads composed during the 1930s to 1970s in Tehran on Tuesday. The program was attended by music researchers and experts. A…

Macan Band will perform September 8 on southern Kish Island.

The celebrated pop music group will stage a midnight concert at the Persian Gulf tourist island’s City Hall with selected…

Shafaq Cultural Center in Tehran is to hold a ceremony to commemorate celebrated Iranian writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad (1923-1969) on his 49th death anniversary.

Tehran is to host a three-day cultural program from Sept. 8 to help introduce the Baluch people of Iran.

Baluchis live mainly in the Baluchistan region on the southeastern-most edge of…

A group exhibition by young artists is slated for September 7-12 at Shalman Art Gallery in Tehran. The exhibit features paintings and calligraphy created by 17 artists and collected by curator…

There is a grand historical edifice in downtown Tehran known as House of Sardar As’ad Bakhtiari.

The beautiful building, however, resembles a palace rather than a house. It was built in…

An exhibition of photos and copies of documents related to the history of collaboration between the United Nations and Iran opened on Monday at Soureh Gallery of Bahman Cineplex in Sanandaj,…

An album of ethnic and folk music of South Khorasan is published by Hozeh-Honari (Art Bureau) affiliated to Islamic Development Organization.

The “Sound of Desert,” is a product of “…

Persian translation of the book “The Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami” written by acclaimed Spanish cinema historian Alberto Elena (1958-2014) is to be unveiled in a ceremony hosted by Tehran-based…

Noteworthy photographs taken by the late veteran photographer Abbas Attar, known in the world by his first name Abbas, went on display at Museo Patio Herreriano de Arte Contemporaneo Espanol, an…

The unique collection at National Jewelry Museum includes priceless jewelry from across the world, collected over centuries.

Each piece of the collection tells a part of Iran’s turbulent…

Internationally known Iranian historian and linguist Ehsan Yarshater died of old age in California on Sunday. He was 98.

Yarshater, who specialized in Iranology, was founder and director…

A painting exhibition titled “Riderless Horses” is underway at Art Center Gallery in Tehran featuring horses, some saddled or bridled, trotting or standing.

The horses have been created…

A massive fire engulfed Brazil’s National Museum Sunday, destroying priceless artifacts dating back centuries.

Firefighters from seven different stations worked through the night to…