Art And Culture

An exhibition of paintings by contemporary Iranian women artists is underway at Vajiha Samedova Art Gallery in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 24-30.

A total of 45 paintings by Mahvash…

Masoud Kimiaei’s latest feature film ‘Domestic Killer’ is now on the screens  throughout the country.

With Parviz Parastouei in the leading role, Domestic Killer is about an …

‘Certified as True Copy of the Original’ is the title of a comedy currently on screen at local cinemas.

Directed by Bahman Goudarzi, it tells the story of five friends who get involved…

Feature film ‘Sea and the Flying Fish’ directed by Mehrdad Ghaffarzadeh will have a single screening at Cinema Museum on November 27 at 9 pm.

It centers on a deaf, mute teenage boy named…

Cinemas in Tehran are showing ‘Eshnogel’ which is inspired by the true story of 175 Iranian scuba divers who were buried alive with their hands tied during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Their bodies…

Niavaran Cultural Center in north Tehran will host two concerts by ‘Open Source Trio’ a famous trio of international musicians November 30 and December 1 at 8:30 pm.

Molana Ensemble will play a selection of Kurdish music on November 28 at Vahdat Hall. The concert celebrates the 40th anniversary of the music band and will perform a selection of memorable…

On November 28-29, Roudaki Hall will host two performances by Sharq Chamber Orchestra & Pars Flute Recorder Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Mehrdad Teymouri.

The concerts start…

Pianist and composer Vesal Nayebi, 22, will perform a piano recital at Roudaki Hall, playing romanticist, classical and baroque compositions.

The recital is slated for November 25 at 8…

Celebrated actor Navid Mohammadzadeh received a special mention for best performance by an actor at the 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) on November 23 at a ceremony in Brisbane, Australia…

Composer, pianist, guitarist and pop singer Alireza Assar, 47, is to release a new track and hold a concert in the Iranian month of Dey (December 22- January 19).

Assar was warmly…

Autumn Book Sale, organized by the Book House Institute, opened on November 23 with the participation of over 800 bookshops in 31 provinces of Iran. As expected, Tehran Province has the highest…

Farmanfarma Gallery in Tehran has put on show an innovative painting by Vahid Chamani among sculptures and works by contemporary artists over three generations.

By displaying the ‘Vague…

The winning projects, engineers and companies for the 10th annual Middle East Architect Awards were revealed on November 22 at a ceremony in Dubai, with three Iranian projects among them.

O n the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Poles taking refuge in Iran during World War II, an international conference was held at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of Tehran…

Celebrated film actor, director, screenwriter and voice actor Hamid Jebelli, 59, will show his paintings to the public for the first time.

Jebelli’s solo exhibition ‘Sweet Nightmares’…

Hafez Theater Hall located at Shahriar St., on Hafez Avenue, is showing the 90-minute play ‘The Immigrants’ every evening at 7 pm.

A free adaptation of Sadeq Hedayat’s short story ‘Abji Khanoum’ (literary meaning elder sister) is to go on the stage of City Theater, located at the intersection of Enqelab and Vali-e-Asr…

‘Isfahan, City of Polish Children’, is the title of a play that will go on stage at City Theater on November 27 for six nights.

Stage director Mahmoud Zendehnam has staged his play ‘The Father’ at Shahrzad Theater.

The play is based on the dark comedy ‘Le Pere’ by the French playwright Florian Zeller and tells…

Theater director Mohammad Rahmanian’s latest work ‘Old Songs: Peykan Javanan’ opened at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran on November 20, bringing on stage a real Peykan, an automobile in Iran produced…

The social drama ‘Abscess’ directed by filmmakers Armin Tahmasbi and Ali Bateni, received three awards at Chile’s first edition of South Film & Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF), November 15-17…

Traditional singer, composer and musician Vahid Taj will hold a concert with the Mehrabani (kindness) ensemble at Tehran’s Vahdat hall, December 17, to raise funds for the earthquake victims in…

Robby the Robot, the two-meter tall robot from the science fiction classic ‘Forbidden Planet’ (1956), sold at Bonhams New York for a world record price of $5,375,000.

A photography tour in the forests of Mazandaran Province, in northern Iran, is slated for November 23.

The tour is organized by Chiilik institute and photography news outlet (Chiilick.…