Art And Culture

An installation by Iranian ceramist and sculptor Abbas Akbari was showcased at the 5th International Art Ceramic Symposium, in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.

Following an invitation from…

Celebrated Iranian theatre and TV actor Davood Rashidi will be honored at the closing ceremony of the 4th Theatre City Festival, (Sept. 17-24) at City Theatre Hall.

Given the history of Iran and China, enhancing the deep cultural ties between the two ancient nations should be the most important strategy to follow in practice, head of the National Library of…

The play ‘Window,’ written by Sepideh Eidi and directed by Neda Shahrokhi was recently staged at Fanoos theatre hall.

The story is a different perspective of World War II and its…

A Swiss art dealer was charged Monday by a Paris court stealing paintings by Pablo Picasso, a charge he categorically denied.

Acclaimed Iranian sculptor Kambiz Sabri will install his sculpture at the Asian Art Museum garden as part of an international competition in the 5th Asian Art Biennial in Taiwan.

The museum…

The 6th Alborz Province Book Fair in Karaj has on display 20,000 titles exhibited at over 140 stalls.

Sixty stalls are showcasing stationery, digital media and software, IRNA reported.

A n exceptional collection of paintings by 22 foreign artists and one Iranian in an exhibition titled ‘Comprehensible Mentality’ opened at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuesday (Sept. 15).…

Kurdish traditional ensemble ‘Mukriyan’ will perform at Expo Milan 2015 representing a part of Iranian folkloric music.

The group has left Iran for Italy and will stage the traditional…

A newly published ‘Art and Culture’ book will be added to the 9th elementary grade curriculum from the beginning of the new academic year (starts September 23).

A painting collection ‘Hello My Iran’ by renowned artist Enayatollah Nazari-Nouri was launched on September 11 at Tehran’s Shokouh Art Gallery.

The collection is the fourth display by the…

Nine original Andy Warhol prints were stolen from a Los Angeles movie business and replaced with fakes in an art heist that went undetected for years, police and court documents reveal.

Iranian music band ‘Pallett’ launched its new international concert tour in the US on September 11.

During the three-day performance, the popular band held four concerts in three American…

The unveiling ceremony of the restored Golden Palm, a statue sculpted 40 years ago by the late Finnish artist Eila Hiltunen, was held at Tehran’s Park Mellat recently.

A play ‘The Sunset in Early Days of Fall,’ written by Akbar Hasani and Abolfazl Haji-Alikhani and directed by Alireza Mehran, is on stage at Tehran’s Mah Theater.

An exhibition of paintings by Iranian artist Mohsen Hasanpour is on display at Tara Gallery in Los Angeles.

A total of 10 paintings, ink and acrylic on paper, are presented at the gallery.…

The heart of North Korea’s fine art scene is the Mansudae Art Studio, occupying a campus just north of Pyongyang, the capital.

Dutch writers, television presenters and journalists have reacted with shock to the suicide of novelist and columnist Joost Zwagerman, the day before he was due to launch his new book.

The third Iranian daily on domestic film industry ‘Cinema,’ will be published by Fereydoun Jeyrani, renowned film director and screenwriter.

The 16-page newspaper will be on the newsstands…

Arash Golzari-Hosseini’s calligraphy painting exhibition ‘Iran Folk Art’ will be held at Shiva Art Gallery in Tehran, September 16-22.

His latest exhibition will showcase 15 works depicting…

Two books ‘Al-Waqi’a Surah in Kufic Script’ and ‘30th Juz (section) of the Holy Qur’an in Kufic Script’ by Iranian Kufic calligrapher Seyyed Mohammad-Vahid Mousavi-Jazayeri will be released in the…

Iranian traditional vocalist Alireza Qorbani and Kamancheh (knee fiddle) virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor will hold separate concerts at the 11th Cross-Culture Warsaw Festival, September 21-27.

The…

The play ‘Lunchtime,’ directed by Reza Baharvand is underway at Iranshahr Theatre’s Samandarian Hall in Tehran.

It narrates the effect of modern technology on families. The story unravels…

The film, ‘A Few Cubic Meters of Love,’ was the absolute winner of the 17th Celebration of Iranian Cinema, bagging eight awards including the best film, best director, best screenplay, best…

An auction for charity of 32 colorful paintings produced by elephants, giraffes, river otters and even a cockroach at the Oakland Zoo is underway with more than half a dozen bids on the art work…