A group painting exhibition ‘Memento’ is underway at Vista Gallery to pay tribute to the late entrepreneur in the field of education, Touran Mirhadi.The educator, author and researcher, Mirhadi (1927-2016) was the founder of Farhad School, a progressive kindergarten and elementary school in Tehran which was a base for pedagogical innovations. She was also the […]

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. The event will run through November 17 and is open all days except Saturdays from 3 to 8 pm, Tiwall.com reported.   The venue is located at […]

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, November 17-26. Mar del Plata is a resort city on Argentina’s Atlantic coast.The film is a story about a writer, Bahram Farzaneh, suffering from writer’s block, […]

Singer and composer Sohrab Pournazeri started his American tour by holding a concert at Palladium Musicum, Greenwich, Connecticut, on November 11. Cities of Nashville, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles are his next stops.The musical selections included original compositions of the Pournazeri family interspersed with improvisation as the first part of the […]

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-Azar, former director of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and current head of Tehran Auction house as saying.“The last edition of the auction presented both modern […]

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 for her illustration of the English-language book ‘Drummer Girl’ written by Hiba Masood and published by Daybreak Press in Washington DC, Mehr News Agency reported. […]

Iranian artworks fetched close to $3 million in the two recent auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s sale of ‘Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art’ in London.Twenty items by Iranian artists were sold during the two events generating  $2.9 million. The sold pieces accounted for about one third of the total sale of the auctions, which […]

A one-day trip to the forests of Savadkuh and Babol counties in Mazandaran Province is planned by Zhiwaar Tour.Slated for November 17, the walk includes a visit to Tirkan Waterfall in Babol and Lafur Forest in Savadkuh.The tour starts at 5 am from Tehran and returns at 10 pm. Breakfast will be served at a […]

Two must-sees in Fuman County, Gilan Province, are included in a two-day trip organized by Spilet Alborz Travel Agency.In the morning of November 16, a VIP bus picks up visitors from Tehran and takes the Tehran-Qazvin Road to the city of Rasht. Gilan Rural Heritage Museum is on the way and has a stop.The group […]

On November 16 and before the sun rises, Kalout Travel Company will take enthusiasts to a green resort not far from the capital.Just where Tehran Province ends and Alborz begins, in a green valley hidden from Chalus Road (Road 59), there is a village named Shahrestanak where there are numerous attractions for refreshing and entertaining […]