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 […]

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 […]