Art And Culture

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  • The 5th Indian International Deaf Film Festival (IIDFF) granted its trophy for  the international section to short Iranian film ‘Limit’.

    The award ceremony was held in the eastern…

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  • Innovative and prolific calligrapher Ghaffar Qanbarpour, 36, is displaying his latest works at Atashzad Art Gallery.

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  • Photographer Saeedeh Afroukhteh is showing an abstract image of her hometown Rasht, capital of Gilan Province, at Hepta Art Gallery.

    A collection of photographs and multimedia…

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  • ‘Match Point,’ a solo exhibition of painting, installation art and sculpture by painter Hadi Alijani, 30, is underway at Aaran Art Gallery.

    The works on display are about uncertain…

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  • Thirteen Iranian photographers were among the winners of International Kyrgyzstan Photo Philharmonic Festival.

    According to the website of the event philharmonia.photo, the festival in…

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  • House of Music held its 18th annual celebration on December 12, at Vahdat Hall in Tehran where selected musicians were honored and two albums received awards.

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  • A US university has made more than 27,000 images from the late Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s archive available online.

    They include materials from all of his works of fiction,…

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  • Over 10,000 artworks from Iran and 53 countries have been submitted to the 10th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts. Slated for January 23-February 23, 2018 in Tehran, the festival is…

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  • Afrouz Houshang will hold a calligraphy painting exhibition he calls ‘Abyss’, featuring eleven of his works at Mojdeh Art Gallery in Tehran on December 15.

    Houshang says “In the…

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  • An adaptation of ‘Les Miserable’, the acclaimed novel of one of the best-known French writers Victor Hugo (1802-1885), is currently on stage at Farhang Hall in Kashan, Isfahan Province.

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  • A solo photo exhibit titled ‘Curious in Tehran’ will open at Elaheh Art Gallery in Tehran on December 15.

    It will display a collection of photos taken by Arash Akbari-Seneh from…

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  • Young pop and folk singer Hojjat Ashrafzadeh will perform at Milad Tower International Convention Center on Friday.

    The concert will have two timings at 6 and 9:30pm, according to…

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  • Pop singer Mehdi Modarres, 35, will appear Dec. 14 twice at the Arikeh-Iranian cultural complex and shopping center with a special program.

    Modarres will sing old and new songs. What…

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  • As part of the second Iranian Classical Music Festival, December 8-15, Roudaki Hall will host a performance of tar, setar, santur and tonbak on Thursday.

    Starting at 5pm, the program…

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  • The traditional music ensemble Kohan, led by composer and setar player Kamyar Fanian, will perform on Dec. 14 at Roudaki Hall.

    The group, participating in the Iranian Classical Music…

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  • Author, paleo-artist and natural history illustrator Mohammad Haqqani won the second prize at the 9th International Scientific Dinosaur Illustration Contest, held in Castile and Leon, Spain.

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  • Cinemas in Tehran are showing the children’s comedy ‘Pinnochio, Amoo Sardar and Raees Ali’, directed by Seyyed Reza Safi.

    The story in Bushehr Province, south Iran, is about a naughty 15…

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  • Iranian film in Turkish language ‘The Home’ written, directed and produced by Asghar Yousefinejad will be screened at the Asiatica Film Festival, in Italy.

    According to the website…

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  • The International Ashik Garib Festival was held December 10-11 at Baharan Cultural Center in Tehran.

    Organized by Iran Ashiks Union, the festival brought together ashiks from Azerbaijan…

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  • To commemorate the 13th-century Persian poet, scholar and mystic Rumi, a ceremony will be held on December 15 at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.

    The organizers have invited…

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  • Artworks of four Iranian veteran artists will be on display at Persian Idea Art Gallery under the title ‘Iran Contemporary Masters’. Farideh Lashai, Mahmoud Zangeneh, Manouchehr Niazi and…

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  • Sanam Naderi, Iranian director, actress and theater instructor living in Italy,  will go on stage at Powszechny Theater in Warsaw, Poland, December 16-17.

    According to the official…

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  • ‘Bloody Mondays and Strawberry Pies’, a 2008 documentary by the Dutch filmmaker Coco Schrijber, is to be screened on December 13 at the cinematheque of Tehran Museum of Contemporary…

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  • Qolhak Cinema, one of the few places that show foreign movies in Tehran, will have ‘Logan Lucky’ on its screen on December 14, at 10pm, the venue’s website wrote.

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  • The 2017 mystery/crime film ‘Wind River’, directed by Taylor Sheridan, will be screened at Qolhak Cinema at 8pm on Dec. 15, the venue’s website wrote.

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