Art And Culture

A famous children’s fable is the theme of a stage production that is set to be the biggest theater production for children in the past 36 years.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, translated…

A list of the oldest renderings of the Holy Qur’an in eight languages has been published by an Egyptian website.

According to Youm7.com, the first Qur’an rendering into English was by…

The play ‘West-Eastern Divan’, directed by Mohsen Hosseini is underway at the 34th International Fajr Theater Festival which concludes on February 1.

The story is inspired by a collection…

The 300th edition of the provincial book fair opened on Wednesday (Jan. 20) in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, at the city’s permanent fairgrounds.

Over 425 publishers from across…

A painting exhibition by 42 children and young adults, aged 4 to 16, will be displayed at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran from January 22 to 29.

Painter and art teacher, Anousheh Jam,…

The 21st Nobel Prize-winning book reading session which was dedicated to the works of the Spanish novelist Camilo Jose Cela (1916-2002) was held by the cultural center of Book City Institute in…

The 29th edition of the annual Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), slated for May 5-15, will be held in Sun City, located in southwest Tehran.

After several months of debates on…

The play ‘Border’, a joint production of Iran and Germany, will go on stage in both countries: in May and June in Tehran and July in Berlin.

Co-produced with the German theater company…

A painting collection on “a review of experiences and performed works” by Iranian veteran artist Massoud Arabshahi, is on display at Shahrivar Art Gallery in Tehran.

After a 10 year hiatus…

Video games are one of the most influential means of conveying various concepts to children and young adults, says Hassan Karimi-Quddusi, managing director of Iran Computer and Video Games…

The 13th edition of ‘Memoir of a Kind Friend’ opened on January 18 at Tehran’s Milad Tower.

The festival, which earlier focused on equipping school libraries, is now being held in a new…

Iranian young filmmaker Ali Atshani whose film ‘Negar’s Role’ is currently on screen in local cinemas is planning to direct his next movie in the US.

He will travel to the US in April to…

Former Iranian soccer player Reza Ahadi passed away in Tehran on Monday, January 18, due to liver failure.

Ahadi, 53, played for Iranian club Esteghlal FC for most of his career and was a…

Iranian films ‘Starless Dreams’ directed by Mehrdad Oskouei and ‘Valderrama’ by Abbas Amini will have their world premiere in the Generation section of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival…

A new study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University shows that female directors, writers, producers, editors and cinematographers in the US made…

Tehran Symphony Orchestra staged a performance on the closing day of the 36th annual Takhti Cup at the 12,000-capacity Azadi Sports Complex on January 15.

The performance began with Iran’s…

A selected collection of art works by young artists, who took part in a virtual campaign organized by Pars Online Company, is on display at Ace Gallery in Tehran since January 15. Around 28 young…

Iran cinema is present at the 14th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), India, with six short and feature films.

Having started on January 14, PIFF has given its silver screen to six…

Charlie Hebdo has once again caused outrage with a cartoon of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose drowned body washed up in September on a Turkish beach, in the latest indication that its…

The charity ‘Chain of Hope’ held its 2nd charity art auction on January 14-15 at Tehran Homa Hotel, to provide support to needy children.

Contemporary works of art by the late artist…

Education through any medium is challenging enough, requiring the right tools and modules to facilitate learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

The children and adolescent section of Elmi-va-Farhangi (Scientific and Cultural) Publishing House has formed a team of writers to produce mythical, legendary and fantasy books for young readers…

An exhibition of paintings by Iranian artist Morteza Pourhosseini is underway at Aaran Art Gallery.

Entitled ‘Quandary’, the collection includes 10 acrylic paintings on canvas, which are…

The “Global/Local 1960-2015: Six Artists From Iran,” exhibition set for a future date, was moved forward at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery.

Organized by the gallery director, Lynn…

What goes on behind the scenes of Iranian theater is the theme of the play ‘Avalanche’ on stage at City Theater in central Tehran.

The play is the newest work of its director Afrooz…