Art And Culture

A variety of programs including a national conference, music concerts and scientific workshops to commemorate Shams Tabrizi, the great Iranian thinker, were held at Khoy city in Khoy county, West…

Music radio stations in France are locked in a battle with the government over laws that force them to play a certain number of French-language songs on the airwaves, with some now planning a day-…

The book ‘A Prayer for World Peace’ which holds a universal message of hope and serenity for all inhabitants on earth is to be released in October.

C ultural ministers of Italy and Iran emphasized the development of cultural and artistic ties between the two countries at a meeting in Tehran on Monday, September 28.

The play ‘Haunted’ by director Hassan Sobhani will be staged at the 13th High Fest International Performing Arts Festival in Yerevan.

Produced by Minab Anamis Theatre Group, from Minab in…

The play ‘80 Days Around the World’, written by Jalal Tehrani and directed by Naem Salehi, is on stage at Mashayekhi Theatre Hall, in Tehran.

The last of nearly 4,500 metal stars was placed Sunday on the outer layer of the dome on Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum, expected to open by the end of 2016.

The final star was added in the…

A painting and a drawing attributed to Spanish painter Francisco de Goya have been stolen from a private home in the town of Villanueva de la Canada northwest of Madrid, Spain.

The theft…

Highly acclaimed family drama ‘Melbourne’ won the main awards at the 5th Ars Independent Festival in Poland, September 27.

After viewing 6 films nominated in the Black Horse competition,…

The 10th International Marivan Street Theatre Festival kicked off on Monday, (Sept. 28), at Shano Park, in the western Iranian border town of Marivan, Kurdistan Province.

Veteran traditional vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian performed in the southern Turkish town of Konya on Saturday (September 26) during the 12th Konya International Mystic Music Festival, September…

The fifth Green Film Festival is to be held in Iran after a 10-year hiatus, from May 14-21, 2016.

Festival Secretary Farhad Tohidi called on national and international filmmakers to…

A play ‘The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi’, directed by Ehsan Falahatpisheh is underway at Iranshahr Theatre Hall in Tehran.

Written by celebrated Swiss author and dramatist, Friedrich…

President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the Iranian team in his Twitter account on Sunday after they claimed the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship title on Saturday.

“All Iranians are proud of…

The play ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ will be staged in two parts, J. K. Rowling has revealed.

The new stage play by Jack Thorne is based on a new and original story by Rowling,…

Celebrated Iranian actress and stage director Homa Rousta passed away on Saturday, after years of struggling with cancer.

The actress had traveled to the US for medical treatment and passed…

The operetta ‘Animal Lake’ will be performed at Vahdat Hall by Pars Orchestra Group on the occasion of National Children’s Day (October 8).

The performance is based on the poem ‘Deer and…

Dorm life can be anything but classy, but Harvard University students are being offered the chance to rent valuable original prints of masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and…

Niavaran Cultural Center will showcase 30 chairs, designed by contemporary Iranian architects in an exhibition organized by the Objet Art Center.

Curated by Elnaz Tehrani, the show includes…

Majid Majidi’s biopic ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’ was selected as Iran’s entry for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Iranian national futsal team beat Japan 1-0 on Saturday to win the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship in Malaysia.

They defeated Thailand 1-0 in the semi-finals on Friday.

In the group…

A documentary theatre ‘Prepensely, Amorously, Killingly,’ written by young director Sanaz Bayan, is on stage at Baran Theatre Hall.

It chronicles the lives of three different women who are…

France is willing to pay $90 million to acquire one of two Rembrandt paintings being sold by the Rothschild family for the Louvre museum, Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin said Thursday.

She…

An exhibition of paintings ‘The Bewilderments of Vincent’ by artist Parisa Sahafi-Asl has opened at Shalman Art Gallery in Tehran.

The works are inspired by 15 paintings of renowned painter…

Iranian volleyball player Seyed Mohammad Mousavi was named one of the best players at the FIVB Men’s World Cup 2015.

With a triumph over Argentina on Wednesday, the US claimed their first…