Art And Culture

Jalil Rafiei is directing the play ‘Here, in This Neighborhood’ at the auditorium of Theater Department affiliated to Tehran Municipality.

Oscar favorite ‘The Shape of Water’ has been accused of plagiarism by the estate of an American playwright.

A free adaptation of ‘Richard III’, a historical play by William Shakespeare, will go on stage at Iranian Artists Forum on Wednesday.

The play depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and…

Iranian screenwriter and film director Behtash Sanaeiha has been selected as a member of the jury of the Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden,…

A two-volume review on children’s illustrated books in Iran ‘Child and  Picture’ (in Persian Koudak va Tasvir), written by prolific writer, poet, illustrator and translator Jamaleddin…

Composer, guitarist and singer Kaveh Yaghmai is to give two concerts in Tehran with a group of Canadian musicians.

At the concert, Kaveh, 49, will be accompanied by his wife Niloofar…

The cinematheque of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Poland’s Embassy in Tehran will dedicate a week to screen films from that country.

Slated for January 27-…

Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ picked up the best foreign language film award at the 53rd Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute.

The ceremony…

Rhetoric Orchestra, founded and conducted by guitarist and pianist Reza Marivand, 33, will perform classical and romanticist pieces composed by world acclaimed composers at the weekend at…

A stage reading of ‘Peer Gynt’, a five-act play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), will be performed on Saturday at Shahrzad Theater Complex in Tehran.

The reading will be…

An improvisation concert by three musicians will be held Saturday at Shahrzad Theater.

Electric guitarist Siavash Emami, santur player Mohammad Reza Asghari and composer, guitarist and…

RUK metal band is to stage a concert on Saturday at Paliz Theater.

The concert ‘Dust to Dust’ will be performed in the genre of progressive metal and groove metal.

Progressive…

The list of jury members of the competition section of the 36th Fajr Film Festival was announced on Friday.

The 68th Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section has completed its lineup with the addition of films including ‘Yardie’, Idris Elba’s directorial debut; ‘The Silence of Others’, a documentary…

Actor, theater director and playwright Salman Farkhondeh and photographer Ehsan Safapour will stage a performance art at Drawing Museum.

The two artists have designed the performance to…

Painter and carpet designer Alemeh Baqerian will display her latest paintings ‘Lady Peace’ at Seyhoun Art Gallery.

The Center for Iranian Studies in London, under the umbrella of the London Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London, will host  the world premiere of the documentary ‘Taq Kasra:…

Short film ‘Retouch,’ written and directed by filmmaker and critic Kaveh Mazaheri, received four awards at Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards held on January 24 in the Portuguese capital…

Famous Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou has completed the score for ‘Bomb, A Love Story’, directed by Iranian actor, director and screen writer Peyman Ma’adi.

Researcher in Iranian folklore Hassan Zolfaqari, 51, has edited the 2-volume work ‘Heroic Legends of Iran’ in collaboration with literary researcher Bahador Baqeri, 49. “My latest work is ‘…

The 10th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts opened on Tuesday in Tehran and will run through February 23.

Similar to the previous editions, the festival presents a variety of art…

The Oscars used to feel predictable, but this year it seems like all bets are off. Every time a new round of nominations is announced, there are a few surprises. But 2018 may be one of the most…

In her latest solo exhibit at Aarn Art Gallery, Iranian-Canadian sculptor and installation artist Hoda Zarbaf wants to show how “we are image-making machines.”

On display is a series of…

Sculptor and art collector Parvin Heydarinasab is holding ‘Limbo,’ a solo sculpture exhibition about the situation of women in today’s world.

In a note on her exhibit, the artist says “…

Due to popular demand Boom Art Gallery in Tehran has extended the exhibition of artworks of renowned sculptor and painter Parviz Tanavoli for another month.