A play by well known American playwright Tennessee Williams ‘The Case of the Crushed Petunias’, directed by Maziar Qalami, is on stage again at Tehran’s Fanoos Theatre Hall.
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A rare manuscript of ‘Divan’ written by celebrated contemporary poet Mohammad-Taqi Bahar was uncovered among the library treasures of the Literature Faculty of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
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The most expensive living artist in Europe, Gerhard Richter, criticized the art market and denounced the hype surrounding contemporary artists, including himself, as a “cult of personality.”
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After 24 years in the pipeline, the film ‘Dance of Dust’, directed by Abolfazl Jalili finally debuted in Cinema Museum in Tehran.
The film was produced in 1991, but failed to obtain a…
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Visual arts and jewelry exhibition ‘Wearable Caricatures’, by artist Aydin Mahboubi is underway at Kaveh Art Gallery.
The items are inspired by works of the late celebrated Iranian…
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The first International Music Festival ‘Muhammad, the Prophet of Kindness’ opened on Friday (Dec. 25) at five cultural centers across Tehran.
Organizers welcomed the participant music…
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The 1st Tehran International Silent Film Festival will be held in February 2016, in Tehran.
Supported by Art University of Tehran, the festival, focusing on nonverbal films, has no…
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A group exhibition of fabric design underway at Vali Art Gallery, displays painting works on cloth by young Iranian artists.
The collection includes works proposed by artists who attended…
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Iranian professional photographer Azadeh Akhlaqi, has embarked on a new historical conceptual art photo project with some revision to her previous exhibit.
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Several translated and compiled books on Iran and Islam have been published in Italy.
The bilingual Persian-Italian book ‘Iran; Cities, routes and Caravansaries’ is among the works themed…
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HodHod (Hoopoe) English TV channel will launch soon as the first Muslim children’s channel.
HodHod Arabic TV, the first Shia Arabic children’s channel, kicked off in 2010 while the Persian…
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‘About Elly’, an Iranian psychological thriller from Oscar-winner director Asghar Farhadi, is among the top ten on the film critics’ list, selected from the best of 2015 screenings in the US.
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Iranian documentary photographer, Mehdi Monem, has focused on Iraqi victims in the wake of the 1980-1988 war imposed on Iran by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in the second volume of his…
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The 5th Festival of 30 Performances, 30 Artists, 30 Days was launched on December 17 at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
An art performance by Iranian conceptual artist, Alireza…
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More box office records have fallen as ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ took in another $40 million on Monday, shattering the previous record of $27.6 million set by Spider-Man 2 as it surpassed $…
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The first Student Festival of Fashion and Clothing opened Tuesday at Shariati Technical College in Tehran.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Fatemeh Mohajerani, college head and…
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The play ‘April 1912’ is on stage at Jamshid Mashayekhi Theatre Hall in central Tehran.
Written and directed by Farid Qaderpanah and Ramin Masoumian, it is about a family in which a member…
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The first International Music Festival of ‘Muhammad, Prophet of Kindness’ will open Friday, (Dec. 25) in Tehran.
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The play ‘I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow’ will be staged at the 8th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFK) in India.
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Tehran will host the 1st Assembly of art university presidents of ECO member countries next week.
Ten Economic Cooperation Organization members from Central Asia and the Middle East will…
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Plunging oil sent jitters through markets for high-yield bonds and energy stocks. Another casualty: Russian art.
The latest Russian art sales at four London auction houses tallied $25.9…
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A painting collection ‘Method 3’, by young Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo saw the presence of cultural officials earlier this week.
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A photography and multimedia exhibition, titled ‘Daat’ by young artists Negin Kiani and Shadi Mehdizadeh is underway at the newly opened Ayrik Art Gallery.
The collection includes 12 color…
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The Persian Language Center of the Iranian Embassy in Moscow opened on Sunday.
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Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini were both banned from all soccer-related activities for eight years on Monday by the Ethics Committee of football’s…
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