An exhibit at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate evokes the Syrian war. Back in 2015, at the height of the Syrian civil war, buses were upended to create a barricade in Aleppo against snipers. The installation art erected in Berlin, comprising three buses propped up vertically, is a reminder of the war-torn city and what befell those […]

Four attractive islands in the Strait of Hormuz, Hormuzgan Province in southern Iran, are on the itinerary of a tour organized by Gando Tours.The six-day program is planned for November 14-19. The tourists will fly to and from Qeshm Island with four night stays in Qeshm and one in Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf.There […]

TEHRAN – On Saturday Afghan Ambassador Nasir Ahmad Nour visited the Nimrouz Global Visual Art Exhibition of Afghanistan now underway at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center. A number of his colleagues also accompanied him during the visit to the showcase, which is displaying works by 53 Afghan artists and their expatriate colleagues, the center announced in […]

TEHRAN – “Animal” co-directed by Iranian filmmakers Bahram and Bahman Ark received the Golden Cat Award for Best Film at the 18th International Izmir Short Film Festival in Turkey on Saturday. The film tells the story of a man who attempts to cross a frontier disguised as a ram. “Limbo” by Konstantina Kotzamani from Greece […]

The website ‘Rangeetar’ (literally meaning more colorful), an online platform for the purchase and sale of Iranian photographs has been launched. Available at rangeetar.com, the website so far contains over 20,000 photographs on nature, city life, architecture, working environment and people among others, according to Webna (Webna.ir), a news agency covering Iranian websites. Rangeetar seeks […]

The first group exhibition of posters designed on stories of ‘Shahnameh’ (the book of Kings) is to be inaugurated on November 11. On display will be posters by designers Morteza Momayez, Qobad Shiva, Ebrahim Haqiqi, Kourosh Parsa-Nejad, Bijan Jenab, Bijan Safavi, Meysam Namdar, Hassan Fouzi-Tehrani and Hamidreza Vassaf, ISNA reported. Shahnameh, written by celebrated Persian […]

The primary list of 26 animations for the 90th Academy Awards has been published which includes an animation related to Iran.‘Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming’ directed by Ann Marie Fleming is a Canadian full-featured animation telling the story of a 20-year-old poet, Rosie Ming, living at home with her overprotective Chinese […]

‘The Dark Tower’, a 2017 American science fantasy film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel is scheduled for Nov. 15, 9:30 pm, at Qolhak Cineplex.Based on a novel by Stephen King, the actors are Idris Elba and  Matthew McConaughey in lead roles.In the movie, Roland Deschain is a gunslinger on a quest to protect the […]

Qolhak Cineplex is among 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 website, Pardis-gholhak.com, on November 12, 9:30 pm, it will screen the 2016 American psychological horror-thriller film ‘…

 A solo painting exhibit held at Theme Art Gallery in Tehran reflects painter Javad Saba’s views on contemporary humankind and society.‘Contemporary Human’ is a vivid demonstration of the artist’s preoccupation with human relations and emotions in modern times.“Who are these contemporary humans and how have they ended up here?” Saba, 42, asks with his paintings, […]