Art And Culture

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  • On stage at Iranshahr Theater Hall is the play ‘Shelter’ written by Sanaz Bayan and directed by Amin Miri.

    The story deals with challenges facing rough sleepers, most of whom are addicts…

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  • Naghmeh-Baran Orchestra, conducted by composer and music instructor Noz’hat Amiri, 57, will perform a concert in Tehran to support the quake-stricken people of Kermanshah Province.

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  • Iranian new-style integrative and vocal fusion ensemble Kako Band’s first overseas concert will be held in Istanbul on March 9.

    The event is scheduled at Sadabat Auditorium of the Halic…

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  • The photo exhibition titled ‘A Voyage Through Iran’s Architecture’ is underway at Azadi Tower in Tehran. 

    Mohammad Reza Domiri-Ganji, photographer of architectural, panoramic and…

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  • Two renowned cast bronze sculptures created by Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti (1901-66) were moved from the courtyards surrounding Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art to the indoor…

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  • Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is currently hosting a photo exhibition dedicated to Iran’s Nature as well as the art and design employed in Iranian mosques.

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  • Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Masoud Jafari-Jozani’s new book ‘Pourya-Ye Vali’ has recently been released by Tehran-based Anapana Publications.

    Printed in 680 pages, the book is a…

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  • A blues duet of accordion and violin is scheduled for March 8 at Roudaki Hall.

    Accordionist Mehrdad Mehdi and violinist Aso Kohzadi will perform the duet concert, Tiwall reported.

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  • A joint concert of rap and progressive metal will be staged on Saturday at Shahrzad Theater Complex.

    The program is titled ‘Symphony of Destruction’. It will be performed by ‘5 Grams,’ a…

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  • Music band Daarkoob, led by drummer and composer Homayoun Nassiri, 37, will perform a concert at Vahdat Hall.

    The concert is slated for March 3-4. “Old friends and colleagues are joining…

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  • An international art advisory firm went on a Picasso shopping spree, dropping $155 million on at least 13 works in two days.

    Gurr Johns, which buys and sells on behalf of clients, won…

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  • A collection of relics borrowed from the Louvre Museum is to go on show at the National Museum of Iran for three months at an exhibition named ‘Louvre in Tehran’.

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  • Feature film ‘Motherhood’ written and directed by Roqayeh Tavakoli is on the screens nationwide since last week. 

    The social drama is the story of two sisters, one of whom has left…

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  • The documentary ‘Second Take on the First Incident’ has a limited screening in selected cinemas in Tehran including Farhang Cinema, Iranian Artists Forum and Cinema Museum.

    In the film,…

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  • Cinema City Multiplex in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is screening five Iranian films. 

    The program started on February 26 by screening acclaimed filmmaker Majid Majidi’s ‘…

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  • To welcome the Norouz (Iranian New Year) on March 21 and the approaching spring, Toranjian Art Gallery in Tehran will show a collection of paintings and illustrations by 26 illustrators.

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  • Chamber Orchestra and Choir of Arasbaran Cultural Center will perform on Thursday and Friday with classical, baroque and Iranian pieces. The performance will be conducted by Iranian-Armenian…

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  • The 36th Fajr International Film Festival (April 19-27 in Tehran) will screen 11 films in its ‘Classics Preserved’ section that deals with restored old films.

    Four films from Iran and…

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  • Iranian Artist Forum will have a single screening of the 1962 film ‘The Trial’ directed by celebrated American actor, director and writer Orson Welles, on March 5. 

    The film is…

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  • Godfather Café is scheduled to have one screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 drama/thriller ‘Blow Up’ on March 1.

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  • A 400-year-old copy of Jāmi al-Tawārīkh, the compendium of chronicles written by historian, physician ad statesman of Ilkhanate-ruled Iran Rashid al-Din Fazlullah Hamedani (1247-1318), is on…

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  • The Iranian Cultural Festival ‘Termeh’ will open in Munich on February 28 and run through March 6. As part of the festival, actor and theater director Atila Pesyani will take his play ‘Tiki-Taka…

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  • The House of Humanities Thinkers in Tehran is organizing a 5-day program to celebrate the music of Khorasan region.

    Ethnic music from the provinces of South Khorasan, North Khorasan and…

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  • Raha Rezaei’s painting exhibition will be inaugurated on Friday at Felestin (Palestine) Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran. Under the title ‘Ancient Land’, the works depict ancient bas-reliefs…

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  • Zhiwaar tour has concocted a group game in the historical neighborhood of Oudlajan in south Tehran.

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