Art And Culture

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  • Four attractive islands in the Strait of Hormuz, Hormuzgan Province in southern Iran, are on the itinerary of a tour organized by Gando Tours.

    The six-day program is planned for November…

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  • Writer and illustrator Hoda Haddadi won the gold prize for the Best Illustrator at the 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Contest in Traverse City, Michigan, November 11.  She received the prize…

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  • Ebn-e-Sina Cultural House in Tehran is hosting a collection of artworks created by students of the master of wooden sculpture, Jamshid Moradian.

    Thirty pieces are on show most of which…

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  • The 8th Tehran auction is slated for January 12 but the venue has not been announced.

    “The auction will offer works created by contemporary Iranian artists,” ISNA quoted Ali Reza Sami-…

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  • The primary list of 26 animations for the 90th Academy Awards has been published which includes an animation related to Iran.

    ‘Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming’…

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  • In her recent article in Variety.com, film critic Alissa Simon has pointed to the powerful cinematic productions in the Middle East which can end up among the final five nominees in the foreign…

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  • The first feature film by Iranian director Morteza-Ali Abbas-Mirzaei ‘Isolation’ is the newest in the market.

    It tells the story of Parviz who takes a 72-hour leave after spending six…

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  •  A solo painting exhibit held at Theme Art Gallery in Tehran reflects painter Javad Saba’s views on contemporary humankind and society.

    ‘Contemporary Human’ is a vivid demonstration…

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  •  Iranian classical vocalist and tonbak player Homayoun Shajarian, and brother composers Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri are to stage a concert at the Ministry of Interior auditorium in…

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  • The website ‘Rangeetar’ (literally meaning more colorful), an online platform for the purchase and sale of Iranian photographs has been launched. Available at rangeetar.com, the website so far…

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  • Yunus Emre Institute’s office in Tehran has planned a series of meetings on old memoires and travelogues written by Iranian statesmen and literati during their stay in Turkey.

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  • Qolhak Cineplex is among the few venues that show foreign films in Tehran. Every night it has two shows of the best classic and new foreign movies.

    According to the cinema website,…

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  • On Nov. 13 at 7:30 pm, Qolhak Cineplex will screen ‘Snatch’, a 2000 British crime comedy written and directed by Guy Ritchie.

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  • ‘The Dark Tower’, a 2017 American science fantasy film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel is scheduled for Nov. 15, 9:30 pm, at Qolhak Cineplex.

    Based on a novel by Stephen King,…

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  • The feature film ‘Breath’ written and directed by author, film director and screenwriter Narges Abyar, 47, won two awards at the 24th Minsk International Film Festival ‘Listapad’ held November 2…

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  • Veteran filmmaker Bahman Farmanara’s latest movie ‘I Want To’ will have its international premiere in the ‘Authors’ section of the 32nd Argentinean International Film Festival of Mar del Plata,…

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  • A group painting exhibition ‘Memento’ is underway at Vista Gallery to pay tribute to the late entrepreneur in the field of education, Touran Mirhadi.

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  • Iran Painters Association is holding a group exhibition of works by its members who are over 40 years old.

    Titled ‘Research Expo 6’, the event is a follow-up to the series of exhibits,…

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  • The art gallery Dastan’s Basement is showing reveries of Iranian visual artist Kaveh Irani, 43, at his solo exhibit that will continue until November 17.

    The works on display include…

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  • Painter Farshid Maleki is holding an exhibit of his recent works at Hoor Art Gallery in Tehran.

    Like his previous works, the paintings encompass primitive figures of humans and animals.…

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  • The social drama ‘Abscess’ directed by Iran filmmakers Armin Tahmasbi and Ali Bateni, had its world premiere at the Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (CUCIF) in Cuzco, a city in southeastern…

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  • The first group exhibition of posters designed on stories of ‘Shahnameh’ (the book of Kings) is to be inaugurated on November 11. On display will be posters by designers Morteza Momayez, Qobad…

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  • The Dallas Museum of Art in Texas is launching a three-day Islamic Art Festival to open November 16.  It will celebrate the DMA’s presentation of a collection of Islamic Art, which includes…

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  • Celebrated female director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad is to receive an honorary award at the closing ceremony of the 7th Malatya International Film Festival, in Malatya, a city in the Eastern Anatolia…

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  • Johannes Thomas Pieter de Bruijn, 86, a renowned Dutch expert in Iranian studies, specializing in Persian classical literature, will be honored at a meeting on Persian poet Sanai of Ghazna (…

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