Art And Culture

Director Vahid Jalilvand’s ‘Wednesday, May 9’ won the INTERFILM award at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Italy.

The award for the film which was shown in the Horizons section of the event…

At least 107 people and 238 injured when a massive construction crane crashed in the Grand Mosque in Mecca in stormy weather on Friday evening, Saudi authorities said.

Among those killed…

The demise of eminent Azerbaijani Kamanche (knee fiddle) performer Habil Aliyev, who passed away at the age of 89 on September 8, was condoled by Ali Moradkhani, art deputy at the Ministry of…

Russia was selected as the guest of honor for the 29th edition of the Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) 2016, at the second meeting of the Policymaking Council on Wednesday.

The 2016…

Sculptors from 13 countries will attend the 7th Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, slated for September 23.

“Preparations for the symposium such as providing material and space are…

Implementing the freedom of information law will enable the government to promote openness and transparency which are the best ways to tackle corruption.

Hossein Entezami, deputy culture…

The first Iranian satirical website ‘Chizna’ administered by Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, editor-in-chief, has opened.

Well-known satirists and journalists Peyman Ghasemkhani, Mehrab Ghasemkhani…

The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance “is neither under media pressure nor under the influence of MPs,” asserted Culture Minister Ali Jannati, on Thursday.

The art market is currently flooded by low-cost fakes bringing big revenues for criminal gangs. Forgers systematically target non-experts by offering works by popular artists in easily-…

A 25-year-old American artist, teacher, and humanitarian volunteer was tragically beaten to death in Nepal this summer. Dahlia Yehia went missing for over a month after traveling to the country…

US-based Iranian auteur Amir Naderi, who is a Venice fest aficionado, will shoot his first feature in Italian, titled ‘Mountain’, set in a semi-abandoned village at the foothills of an Alpine peak…

Well-known Iranian theatre director Alireza Koushk-Jalali, will stage the play ‘Nordost’ (literally northeast) in Cologne, Germany.

A prize winning work of celebrated German author…

Four veteran cineastes were honored as part of the 17th House of Cinema celebrations at Eyvan Shams Hall in Tehran on Tuesday (Sept. 8).

House of Cinema managing director Reza Mir-Karimi…

Theatre show ‘Humans Farm’ written and directed by Ali Shams, is on stage at Sayeh Hall of City Theatre Complex.

The fight against extremism and fanaticism is the message of the show, a co-…

The Istanbul biennial, “Saltwater: A Theory of Thought Forms,” opened on September 4 with the art world gathered to hear what the famed curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev’s had to say.

This…

The Museum of Dolls in Tehran has invited local and international doll makers and puppeteers to participate in the exhibition ‘Peace, Difference, Similarity’ on the occasion of the International…

Philosopher and scientist Zakaria Razi’s (865-925) statue in Razi Square in Tehran, was the first full-length statue to be sculpted in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The late Ali…

Vahid Jalilvand’s debut feature film ‘Wednesday, May 9’, as Iran’s only representative at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, was screened Monday (Sept. 7) for the public in the Horizon section of the…

Artist Farhad Gavzan from Dastan’s Basement gallery will represent Iran with his exhibits at London’s second annual START Art Fair, September 10-13.

Held at Saatchi Gallery, the event will…

Niavaran Cultural Center will host eminent visual artists in photography, painting, sculpture, installation art and graphics at the third Grand Festival of Art for Peace 2015.

Iran’s sole representative ‘Unripe Pomegranates’ directed by Majid-Reza Mostafavi will participate in Fukuoka International Film Festival in Japan, September 18-20.

English actor Nicholas Hoult will star as famous American writer J. D. Salinger in the biopic ‘Rebel in the Rye’, with Danny Strong directing from his own screenplay.

The script was adapted…

Acclaimed Iranian theatre director Sohrab Salimi, is staging ‘Vanek’ at Baran Theatre Hall. The show was first staged in 2004.

The play ‘One was Nude and One Wore Tails’, directed by Ali Amel-Hashemi, is underway in Tehran.

Cinematic productions of filmmakers from Iran are currently on screen at a film event in Russia. Many more films are also scheduled to be screened in Sweden next month.

A total of 19…