Art And Culture

The House Museum of Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928-2005), the famous self-taught painter, which was damaged after a storm in September, is waiting for funds to be repaired. If that does not happen soon…

The new Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri, who took office last month, has emphasized the importance of transparency of the press and subsidizing newsprint, stating…

The Afghan actress Fereshteh Hosseini won the Best Performance by an Actress award for playing in ‘Parting’ directed by Navid Mahmoudi, a joint production of Iran and Afghanistan, at the closing…

The Terracotta Warriors are marching back to the UK in 2018 but - for the first time in more than 30 years - to a museum outside of London.

National Museums Liverpool and China’s Shaanxi…

‘Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth’, a research book by Romanian historian of religion, philosopher and fiction writer Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) has been…

Two young, adventurous, avant-garde artists have got together to set up a unique exhibition of audio-visual installations in Tehran.

Historian, author and essayist Tayyar Yazdanpanah Lamouki has written a book on ancient legends of Mazandaran Province.

Titled ‘Legends of Mazandaran,’ the book was recently released by the…

Thousands of people attended Lyon’s famous Festival of Lights amid high security.

Last year, the show was cancelled in the wake of the November 13 Paris attacks, euronews reported.

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Veteran musician Fazlollah Tavakol was granted the first-class degree in art, equivalent to a doctoral degree, at a ceremony to honor him at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Friday, December 9.

Two…

Every month, $5 million worth of toys are imported into Iran, according to Mohammad Hussein Farjou, secretary of the Council for Toy Supervision, affiliated to the Institute for Intellectual…

Painter, lecturer and art researcher Mohammad Azamzadeh, 48, has organized a painting exhibition based on ‘Atmosphere’, a fundamental concept of aesthetics introduced by contemporary German…

Contemporary Architects Association in Tehran will conduct a workshop in cooperation with designers from Zaha Hadid Architects, a reputed British architecture and design firm based in London…

Ninety years after his death, the secrets of the world’s greatest escape artist, Harry Houdini, have been unlocked in a recently opened Hungarian museum devoted to the Budapest-born illusionist.…

Golestan Gallery in northern Tehran will host ‘Applied Arts Exhibition by 20 Famous Artists’ next week.

The book ‘Rostam-e-Dastaan: Tales from Shahnameh’, released by Iran-e-Azad Cultural Publishing Institute earlier this year, includes all the stories related to Rostam, the most celebrated…

Formaat theater group from the Netherlands will hold a special workshop on theater methods and approaches at Tehran’s City Theater.

The workshop is an international masterclass to be…

Iranian actress Marjaneh Golchin held an exclusive two-day music concert for women together with her sister Manijeh at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on December 5-6.

The two sisters performed pieces…

The 82nd birthday if the Iranian veteran actor Jamshid Mashayekhi was held at Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum in Tehran on Tuesday, December 6.

The sixth edition of ‘30 Performances, 30 Artists, 30 Days’ will be held at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA).

The visual art festival opens on Sunday, December 11, starting at…

An exhibition aimed at blind people has opened in Prague, inviting visitors to touch artwork and enjoy pieces they would normally only read or hear about.

The artworks have been provided by…

Two Iranian ensembles, the Iran Philharmonic Choir and Naamira Choir, will perform a joint concert at the 32nd edition of the Fajr International Music Festival, Iran’s most prestigious music event…

The veteran Iranian actor/director Reza Fayazi will be honored at the 23rd International Children and Young Adults Theater Festival in Hamedan, Iran, next week.

According to the festival’s…

Swiss authorities have seized nine antiquities looted from Palmyra and ancient sites in Libya and Yemen at the Geneva Free Port.

The artifacts, which range from the fourth century BC to the…

The first part of Bob Dylan’s planned 3-volume memoir titled ‘Chronicles: Volume One’ has been translated into Persian and will hit the bookstores in Iran in winter.

Theater director Mohammad Qasemi is performing his play based on true stories in a water pool.

‘The Bluest Celestial on Earth’, written, designed and directed by Qasemi, 37, is underway at…