Art And Culture

Martin Scorsese, celebrated American director and producer, was honored with the Lumière Prize at the 2015 French Lyon’s Film Festival.

For a seventh year in a row, Cannes Film Festival…

A collection of 40 paintings by celebrated Iranian painter Nasser Ovissi, is on display in Tehran.

A unique feature of the exhibition titled ‘Poetic Paintings,’ is that it displays some of…

Japanese carmaker Lexus has exhibited a life-sized replica of its IS sedan, created from 1,700 laser-cut cardboard sheets.

The ‘origami car’ was built in London by a five-strong team of…

Iranian movie ‘Night Shift’, directed by Niki Karimi, well-known actor and director, had its first international premier at the 31st Warsaw Film Festival.

Nearly 15 films from a total of…

A photo collection ‘Commotion of Silence’, by Iranian artist Ravanbakhsh Sadeqi is on view at Momayez Art Gallery, Iran Artists’ Forum.

It includes 40 incredible colored pictures captured…

Britain has barred the export of one of Dutch master Rembrandt’s finest portraits in the hope of finding a buyer willing to match its $54 million asking price and extend its 250-year-long stay in…

A forest clearing in Estonia’s Voru County has been reconsidered into a space of meditation, relaxation and community engagement through the installation of three giant wooden megaphones.

Renowned actor/director Atila Pesyani is staging Anton Chekhov’s play, ‘The Cherry Orchard’ in Tehran.

He said he was longing to work on it since 40 years, after he first saw it in 1972,…

For the first time, a people’s choice award was introduced in the 7th Tehran International Sculpture Symposium.

In the stone section, Chu Su-Dung from South Korea and Wu Ming-Sheng from…

Beijing’s Laboratory for Creative Design (LCD) has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest 3D printed architectural pavilion.

The unprecedented structure, dubbed ‘…

Puppet troupe Yas-e Tamam, led by director and playwright Zahra Sabri, is performing ‘Count to One’ at festivals in Poland and Germany.

The troupe staged the show on Wednesday in Warsaw at…

Contemporary printmaker and photographer Mehrdad Khataei’s work titled ‘Under the Same Sky’, has bagged the top prize at the 5th edition of Fibrenus ‘Carnello cArte ad Arte’ 2015.

The prize…

Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan and Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri participated in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Blue Mosque in Yerevan.

The country’s top stand-up comedians were introduced in the final round of the ‘Best Stand-up Comedian’ competition held in the last episode of the popular entertainment program ‘Khandevaneh’…

A recording studio to produce audio books for the blind and visually impaired students was inaugurated at the central library of the University of Tehran, on Wednesday, October 14, on the eve of…

A doll museum will open in Kashan, Isfahan Province, in the next Iranian year (starts March 21, 2016).

Marlon James was named as the first Jamaican winner of the Man Booker prize for fiction on Tuesday for his reggae- and drug-infused novel ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ inspired by an attempt…

Afghan drama ‘Utopia’ directed by Hassan Nazer and produced by Malalai Zikria has been selected as Afghanistan’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

Iranian…

This year the Cinekid Film, Television and New Media Festival in the Netherlands has dedicated a section to Iran dubbed ‘Discover Iran’, which will screen three films.

‘The Promise’…

The cognitive, social and emotional impact of the digital world on children’s lives was debated at a meeting on the occasion of National Children’s Week (October 7-15) at the Cultural and Artistic…

An avenue in central Tehran was renamed after Ali Akbar Farhangi, professor of media management at a ceremony on October 12.

The event was attended by a number of university professors,…

With Iran’s decision to boycott the 67th Frankfurt Book Fair, the books sent to the exhibition will be returned to the country.

A celebrated figure in poetry and mysticism in Iran, Hafez has brought honor and glory to the rich history of Iranian literature as well as other prominent literati and poets, said Minister of…

Bel Canto Iranian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nima Panahiha, performed a selection of Italian compositions at Roudaki Hall recently.

Works by Italian composers, Francesco Verdi,…

A doll exhibition at an art gallery is not unusual. But what was unique about the exhibition at Zemestan Art Gallery in the Iranian Artists Forum was that it was the third one by a gutsy…