Art And Culture

Sangelaj, one of the older neighborhoods of Tehran is the focus of a tour planned for Friday by Zhiwar touring company.

This southern part of the capital is among those dating back to…

Acclaimed movie director Reza Dormishian’s fourth feature film ‘White Chairs’ had its world premiere at the 41st International Sao Paulo Film Festival, October 19-November 1.

Bob Dylan‘s Nobel Prize acceptance speech has been turned into a book.

According to New Musical Express, a British music magazine, the musician was named as the recipient of the award…

Qeshm Island and the surrounding areas in Hormuzgan Province, south of Iran, are the destination of a 4-day tour organized by Spilet Alborz Tour and Travel Company.

The tour is slated…

Gando Tour will take enthusiasts to Mazandaran Province for a visit to Tirkan Waterfall, also known as Haft-Abshar (7 falls).

Located near Tirkan Village in Babol County, the charming…

Kolbeh Tour, a travel agency in the city of Minudasht, Golestan Province, has organized a tour to the northeastern province, with several programs tucked tight into a couple of days.

The…

The short animated film ‘Orangish Tree’ directed by Amir Houshang Moein won the first award at the 11th Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival, October 23-28. It is a 2D…

Graphic designer Alireza Nosrati has won the second prize in the series section of the Golden Turtle International Photography, Painting and Design Competition, held late October in Moscow. For…

The book ‘Rostam in the 22nd Century’, the first sci-fi Persian novel, written by Abdolhosein Sana’atizadeh Kermani has been republished.

First printed 83 years ago in the Persian-…

Qolhak Cineplex is one of 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’s website, it…

The 24th International Children & Youth Theater Festival, slated for early December in Hamedan, capital of Hamedan Province, has so far received 120 foreign entries.

The short fiction ‘Gaze’ by filmmaker Farnoosh Samadi has won the Audience Award at the 36th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, October 23-29, in Sweden.

The 15-minute film is…

The Cinematheque Hall of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMOCA) screened two films by accomplished French writer and filmmaker Claire Denis, namely ‘White Material’ and ‘35 Shots of Rum’ on…

In an art exhibition held recently in Bandar-e-Anzali, a port city in Gilan Province, Hossein Aghaeipour, a young self-taught painter, displayed his creative ‘Map Art’ paintings.

In his…

A collection of deformed and bloated faces and heads belonging to a strange race of creatures are the subjects of an upcoming painting exhibit by painter, graphic designer, photographer and…

An ancient limestone bas relief of a Persian soldier with shield and spear was seized by police at the New York edition of The European Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.

The…

‘Cars 3’, a 2017 American 3D computer-animated auto racing sports film co-produced by Pixar Animation Studio and Walt Disney Pictures is to go on screen at Qolhak Cineplex on Thursday at 8 pm.…

David Sandberg’s latest horror film ‘Annabelle: Creation’ will be shown at Qolhak Cineplex on Friday at 10 pm.

In the film, former toy maker Sam Mullins and his wife, Esther, are happy…

The trial related to the dispute over the Achaemenid tablets scheduled to be held in late October has been postponed to December 4 according to the website of the 7th Circuit US Courts of Appeal…

Paintings by top Egyptian artists have shared wall space with hieroglyphs and Pharaonic relics at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum this week in an exhibition highlighting ancient influences on…

An exhibition of exquisite Persian etching works by reputed artists is to  open on November 3 at Tehran’s Mess-Negar Gallery marking the 27th anniversary of its establishment.

The…

A collection of photo paintings by Kaveh Golestan, Iranian photojournalist, is on display at Tate Modern Museum of London.

The museum will show 20 vintage prints of Golestan’s photos,…

Eight short and feature films from Europe will be screened at Cinema Museum in Tehran, October 31-November 4.

The ‘European Film Week’ will feature movies from Greece, Bulgaria, Germany…

The travelogue of British geographer George Passman Tate across the regions of Sistan and Baluchestan has been translated into Persian by researcher of Sistan history, Hassan Ahmadi Karviq.

Master calligrapher Mohammad Shoushtari has his latest works on display at Mehr-Maryam Gallery.

He has used different colors in his works that are written on textured backgrounds and…