Art And Culture

Painter Reza Derakhshani’s works is being shown at a painting show titled ‘Hunting the Light,’ in London’s Sophia Contemporary Gallery, a venue in the heart of Mayfair, seeking to highlight…

Niloofar Publication has released the book ‘One Hundred and Ten Letters From Two Simins’.

Compiled by contemporary Persian Poet Mansour Owji, the book - as the title says - contains 110…

An exhibition of stage puppets of theater director, playwright, puppet maker and stage designer Zahra Sabri is underway at the Museum of Toys and Play in Kielce, which is the oldest museum of…

Vaziri ensemble led by composer and virtuoso of tar and setar Keyvan Saket will stage a performance on March 1 at Vahdat Hall in Tehran.

Traditional vocalist and composer Vahid Taj, 34,…

Kamancheh (spiked fiddle) virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish folk musician, composer, singer and baglama (long-necked lute) player Erdal Erzincan will jointly perform on February 23 at Tehran’s…

The satirical short story ‘The Nose’ written by Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa is to be brought on stage in Tehran by theater director Hadi Amel in spring at Paytakht Theater Hall.  No…

A flawless diamond, the size of a large strawberry, is expected to fetch a world record price when it comes to market at Sotheby’s in London this month. Weighing just over 102 carats, the round…

The feature film ‘Leaf of Life’, a 2017 family drama written, directed and produced by celebrated documentarian Ebrahim Mokhtari, won the INALCO Prix at the 24th edition of Vesoul Festival of…

Aria Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of paintings with enigmatic reference to numbers.

It is the latest solo show by veteran painter and print artist Dariush Mohajer. Titled ‘…

Delgosha Art Gallery is displaying a solo exhibit by painter Sadra Mirsharifi who has named the event ‘Shapeless.’

“Painting these figurative forms is like trying to shape raw material…

Cinemas are screening the comedy ‘We Are So Cool’ directed by Bahman Goudarzi.

Written by Seyyed Mohsen Jahed, it is a story of two rather naive men who come to Tehran to become rich and…

Winners of the 35th Iran National Award for Book of the Year and the 25th Iran World Award for Book of the Year received their prizes from President Hassan Rouhani and Culture Minister Seyyed…

Narenj Showroom in Tehran is to run an exhibition of diverse artworks for a limited period, February 9-12.

An email sent to the Financial Tribune says the showroom owner Farin Bonakdar,…

Yazd will be the venue of the first Symposium of Adobe Structure slated for March 6-17.

The capital of Yazd Province, which also is considered a major center for adobe architecture, will…

The latest exhibition of artworks of different mediums by Bita Fayyazi and her students is underway at Khak Gallery in Tehran. Fayyazi, 56, is a sculptor, ceramicist and installation artist who…

Four Iranian illustrators have been selected for the Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children Book Fair, March 26-29 in Bologna, Italy.

Hassan Amekan, Reza Dalvand, Amir Sha’banipour…

Qolhak Cinema is to have a single screening of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ on February 10. 

Spilet Alborz Travel Agency has planned a 4-day tour of Shahdad District in southeast Kerman Province.

The renowned yardangs of Shahdad Desert and the city of Shahdad on the western…

Ghazzali Cinema Town, 14km west of Tehran is the destination of a short trip planned on Friday by Tiwall (Tiwall.com), the known ticket provider and platform for cultural events.

Tiwall, the well-known ticket provider and platform for cultural programs, has organized a trip for music enthusiasts to the historical caravanserai of Abuzeydabad, 30km southeast of Kashan,…

Maryam Najafi from Shiraz has won the prize of the 2017 Self-Portrait Contest organized by Winsor and Newton, a company producing artists’ paint with headquarters in London.

An ancient manuscript of ‘Diwanha-ye Seganeh’ (Triplet Divans) by Persian poet Abd-ol-Rahman Jami (1414-1492) is on display for the first time at a book exhibition at the private library of…

Short film ‘Medal’ written and directed by Masih Masihzadeh-Lari is among the nominees of the second San Mauro Torinese International Film Festival in Turin, Italy, May 23-25. The story of the…

A collection of relics borrowed from the Louvre Museum will be on show at the National Museum of Iran for three months at an exhibition titled Louvre in Tehran. 

English-born American screenwriter, author, game designer and video game journalist Gary Whitta, 45, who co-developed the story for 2016 epic space opera film ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,’ is…