Art And Culture

The head of Kuwait-Iran Friendship Association,  Abdulrahman Al-Awadhi, in a meeting with the director and deputy director of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, (ICRO) emphasized the…

Cinema Guild has acquired the US distribution rights for Asghar Farhadi’s ‘About Elly’ - five years after it won the Silver Bear award for its Iranian director at the Berlin Film Festival.

The National Library of Serbia hosted the opening ceremony of Persian-language courses to be held in different educational centers and in some cities of the country.

A 1,000-year-old tomb with the ceiling decorated with stars and constellations has been discovered in Datong City, northern China.

Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi will be among the jurors of the 15th Tbilisi International Film Festival (TIFF), to be held in Georgia from December 1 to 7.

Two films from Iran will be…

An art-specific channel is a long-sought request of the Iranian artistic society, a demand which has again come to the forefront “now that the head of the state-owned IRIB has changed.”

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Hidden for over several centuries, this purely unique and distinctive art work has evaded multitudes of generations. Concealed behind vast amounts of flora and mistaken for graffiti and spray…

The traditional Persian embroidery, ‘Rashti-Duzi’ has received the UNESCO Award of Excellence in Handicrafts.  The art combines crochet and embroidery and has a long history of more than 400…

A writer has rewritten Persian classical love stories in the form of “modern unrhymed poetic prose.”

Mohammad-Reza Yousefi says ‘Love Stories’, published by Nardouneh Press in four volumes…

The production process of the first and second phases of the animated series titled ‘Rira’s Stories’ continues and experience gained in the first phase has been applied in the second phase to…

Khak Gallery in Tehran is offering a feast for the eyes with “ Color Intuition,’’ an exhibition featuring abstract paintings by Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam. The exhibit showcases a collection of the…

The major crosstown derby in Iran, scheduled this year as the midseason finale, ended in a badly needed win for Persepolis. Fans feared the game would end in a tie as has been the case for most of…

Iran’s cultural attache office in Turkey is holding Persian Language courses at Istanbul’s Yildiz Technical University.

This year’s winner in the Overall Research category of BBC Wildlife Magazine’s 2014 Camera-trap Photo of the Year Awards 2014, sponsored by Lowepro, was a rare shot of an Asiatic cheetah. It was…

The acclaimed Iranian horror film ‘Fish and Cat’ will be screened at the third International Film Festival which opened on Sunday (Nov 23) in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

Organized by…

After 30 years of working with pottery and clay, the renowned master craftsman of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi has only been brought to a halt by old age and a heart attack.

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati emphasized the need for government support to the arts and to “provide opportunities for artists to sell their works.”

Iranian game enthusiasts are welcome to join the Global Game Jam inside the country in three different cities from January 23-25.

The Global Game Jam (GGJ), an international non-profit…

November 22 marked George Eliot’s 195th birthday anniversary. Mary Ann Evans, pen name Eliot, was one of the leading novelists of the 19th Century and her novels are celebrated for providing…

Malatya International Film Festival (MIFF) got under way on Friday, (Nov 21), while five movies from Iran have entered the final lineup of the seven-day program.

At the fifth annual…

The main objective of Shirin Gallery is to find new young talent and create a platform for young artists to show their works, “as the road to fame is long, needing support on the way,” founder/…

Iranian architects bagged 3 of the total 15 awards at the seventh annual Middle East Architect Awards 2014. The winning projects, professionals and companies were revealed at a gala ceremony…

The first week of the International Tennis Futures Tournament will open at Kish Olympic Sports Complex on Saturday (Nov 22).

Alongside the Book and Reading Week, an exhibition titled “1000 Years in the History of Iranian Calligraphy” opened Thursday at the Reza Abbasi Museum.

What might it be like to fall into a wormhole, or become trapped inside a spider’s web? ‘Tape Paris’ by Numen / For Use invites visitors to find out for themselves, by inviting them inside web-…