TEHRAN – An exhibition of paintings by three Iranian female artists opened at the Vecihe Samedova Art Salon in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. A collection of 45 paintings by Mahvash Soheili, Rahil Qavami and Hanieh Azmudeh has been put on view for 10 days, the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Baku announced in a press […]

TEHRAN – The Paris-based Iranian painter Raheleh Roshandel has mobilized groups of Iranian expatriates in Paris as well as a number of French citizens to provide support for the Kermanshah quake relief efforts. A friend of Roshandel’s, who wished to remain anonymous, agreed to pack and deliver supplies to the Red Crescent in Tehran. Roshandel […]

TEHRAN – A collection of miniatures by prominent Iranian artist Mahmud Farshchian has been showcased in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. A group Iranian diplomats and officials, and a number of artists and cultural figures from the autonomous republic attended an opening ceremony of the exhibit at the Bahruz Kangarli Gallery of the Artists’ Union of […]

TEHRAN – The 4th annual round of Ketabgardi (Tour of Bookstores) was observed by a number of cultural figures, officials and Tehran City Council members on Thursday. November 17 has been set for Ketabgardi, a reading campaign that was launched during the Iran Book Week in 2014 by cultural activist Ahmad Masjed-Jamei who is also […]

A group of Iranian teenage musicians will perform at a music festival in Denmark later this month. The young musicians will perform at the NYT music festival and the University of Copenhagen on November 25 and 27. During the concerts, the young musicians and composers will perform pieces based on the tale of Bijan and […]

TEHRAN – Kalpourgan, a village located in southeastern Iran, will be named a world village of pottery in a ceremony which is scheduled to be held on December 14. Located in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the village is widely famous for being a living museum of potteries, where the in-house expertise has been passed down generations to […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos on Iranian and Georgian rituals several photographers from both countries is underway at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia in Tbilisi. Over 120 photos have been put on view in the exhibit titled “Rituals through the Lens of a Camera”, Iranian Cultural Attaché Mojtaba Kamranfard announced in a press […]

Iranian short ‘Animal’ directed by the Ark brothers will compete in the 17th edition of Whistler Film Festival (WFF) in Canada. ‘Animal’, a short film directed by Bahman and Bahram Ark which has recently won the best short film award at 18th Izmir Short film festival in Turkey, will be screened in the completion section of […]

TEHRAN – The director of the Zinebi-International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Ernesto del Rio, has been invited to attend the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, the organizers announced on Wednesday. Vanesa Fernandez, a member of the selection committee of the Zinebi festival, will accompany […]

TEHRAN – The French critic Matthieu Darras has been selected for the jury of the international section of the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the organizers have announced. Italian documentarian Gianfranco Rosi is also the other jury member for the international section. Darras is the artistic director of TorinoFilmLab, an international laboratory that supports emerging […]