Art And Culture

Iranian short animation ‘A Brief Encounter’, directed by young animator Somayeh Yazdanpanah, which was screened at a film festival in Hungary recently, will participate in another event in Poland…

Iranian feature film ‘The Girl’s House’ directed by Shahram Shah-Hosseini is participating in the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) currently underway in Japan.

Making its…

J.J. Abrams-directed film’s trailer premiered during Monday Night Football was viewed more than 112 million times online in 24 hours.

Combined with the 16 million viewers that tuned in to…

Works of art by many of the 20th-century greats are being lent by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art along with works by Iranian artists for a show in Berlin next year.

The announcement…

Authorities of the International Belgrade Book Fair (IBBF) announced Iran as guest of honor at its 61st edition.

“We officially name Iran as the guest of honor at the next edition of the…

Well-known actress and director Niki Karimi has been selected as a member of the jury for the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, which opened on Saturday.

Karimi will judge…

Spain’s King Felipe VI on Friday awarded online encyclopedia Wikipedia the country’s Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation, hailing it a “universal symbol of teamwork.”

Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya is among the nominees at the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) for her role in ‘Avalanche’, Iran’s only entry at this year’s edition.

She is…

The 19th Christie’s Dubai Auction of Modern and Contemporary Art sold 27 works by Iranian artists, including six among the top 10.

From a total of 121 Arab, Iranian and Turkish artworks, 88…

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is to unveil an “exceptionally rare” work by Picasso.

The cubist collage ‘Bottle and Glass on a Table’ was created in 1912. Only about 30 of the…

Veteran TV director, presenter and film producer Bijan Birang will soon open his own art gallery.

The idea had occurred to him long ago when he was presenting the TV show ‘Life Again.’ He…

Theatre director Ebrahim Poshtkoohi will hold a flash fiction competition named ‘The Last Pomegranate in the World.’

A group of German and Egyptian scientists have braved the mummy’s curse to carry out some important restoration work.

The bandages are about to go on the golden mask of Tutankhamun,…

Iranian photographer Majid Saeedi is one of the winners of the International Photoreporter Festival in France along with nine others.

Saeedi’s project ‘Land of Conflict’ displaying images…

A play for children and young adults, ‘One Minute’ directed by Meysam Yousefi is on stage at Boustan Theatre Hall of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (…

Teaching the national language in a foreign country is an important part of cultural diplomacy, and the policy is followed by several nations for decades.

From the Sydney Opera House in Australia to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, more than 200 of the world’s most iconic landmarks will be lit United Nations blue when the sun sets on Friday…

The 4th ‘Silver Cypress’ biennial of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) will see the presence of Isidro Ferrer, well-known Spanish illustrator and designer.

The opening ceremony…

A working group chaired by the Italian deputy of cinematic affairs has been formed to hold talks with the Iranian delegation in the three areas of joint productions, cooperation in promoting the…

The most fashionable apparel in the society will be selected at the first Iranian Clothing Festival to be held soon.

The national festival, including two sections of men’s and women’s…

Iranian short animation ‘Based on Photo’ has won the best animation award at the Kinolit Film Festival (KFF) in Russia.

The seven-minute animation, a debut work by young filmmaker Elika…

A photo exhibition opened at the central library of the University of Tehran to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.

Iran’s absence at the 67th Frankfurt Book Fair this year has drawn wide attention from among some of the 7,000 exhibitors at the world’s largest book exhibition.

Iran boycotted the fair due…

The Chicago artist Theaster Gates’ Stony Island Art Bank is an artwork, not just an arts venue.

Chicago’s first-ever Architecture Biennial served as a staging ground for wild pavilions,…

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art signed an agreement with Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation to boost cultural and artistic ties, in the presence of German Foreign Minister Frank-…