Art And Culture

The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie’s to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday.

Australia’s first showcase of narrative artworks by leading contemporary Iranian illustrators will open on November 11.

Author, essayist and researcher in literature Iraj Shahbazi, 43, will give two speeches this month on Persian poet Khaqani (1121-1190).

Shahbazi’s lectures are scheduled on October 19 and…

Veteran master of photography Nasrollah Kasraian is organizing a photo exhibition at Behnam Gallery run by the Behnam Daheshpour Charity Organization, a Tehran-based NGO that helps cancer patients…

The globally-acclaimed documentary from Iran ‘Starless Dreams’ written, directed and produced by Mehrdad Oskouei added two more awards to its collection of prizes.

The movie was named the…

Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi was in Mumbai, India, in March and August to prepare for his next film initially titled ‘Floating Gardens’.

Five short stories and an essay written by the famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe have been recently translated into Persian.

Titled ‘What’s Up With Mr. Poe?’, the book has been…

At first glance, John V. Muntean’s LEGO sculptures look like an unwieldy mass of bricks, haphazardly assembled and completely amorphous. However, if you turn on a light and rotate the sculpture…

Iranian war photographer Hassan Ghaedi has won the second prize in the photo category of the 23rd Bayeux Calvados Festival in France.

The award ceremony, which honored the work of war…

Two Iranian plays were awarded in the 23rd Theatrical Lori Festival in Armenia which concluded on October 12 in Lori Province.

A debate on the ‘Impact of Virtual Space on Persian Language’ held at Entesharat Fanni Iran (Iran Technical Publications) in Tehran on Oct. 5, was attended by writer, researcher in literature,…

Italian traveler Pietro Della Valle was in Iran from 1618-1627, when the Safavid Dynasty (1502-1736) ruled.

In a letter dated July 25, 1618, he described the mourning ceremonies of Muharram…

The World Culture Forum (WCF) opened in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday, October 13, with the presence of the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and over 900 delegates from…

The Persian translation of ‘The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization’ has been brought out by the Cultural and Scientific Publication, a Tehran-based publishing house.

The five-…

The “Secret Wars” exhibition of guides to sabotage, hollow high-heeled shoes, fake moustaches and code-deciphering machines opened on Wednesday in Paris, offering a glimpse into the often…

A production of the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) has won two awards at a Portuguese festival, and a Bushehri photographer who is an instructor at the Young Cinema Society in the southern…

Saint Stepanos Monastery, situated 15 km northwest of Jolfa, East Azarbaijan Province, has opened a museum for the public, the provincial office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts…

The exhibition ‘Memory & Future / Future & Memory’ featuring the works of two contemporary Iranian artists Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar and Firouz Farmanfarmaian will open at Shirin Gallery NY…

Several books from Iran will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (October 19-23).

Iran’s pavilion at the 68th Frankfurt Book Fair will host the unveiling ceremony of new books by…

Artyad, the first online educational institute approved and supported by Tehran University of Art, has become operational.

Sophia Contemporary Gallery is a modern art gallery located in a 280-square-meter space in the heart of Mayfair, London. It showcases contemporary art of the Middle East and in particular Iran,…

France’s Minister of Culture and Communication, Audrey Azoulay, has pledged to “substantially” increase funding for French museums next year.

Ahmad Kiarostami received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award on behalf of his father, the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who died in July at age 76, at the opening ceremony of the…

The Persian translation of ‘Kostlivec pod Kobercem’ (Skeleton Under the Carpet), a novel by Czech playwright and novelist Ivan Klima, 84, has been published by Jahan-Ketab Cultural-Artistic…

A new exhibition in Paris spotlights racism and segregation through the works of African-American artists and comes amid tense race relations in the United States.