An ancient limestone bas relief of a Persian soldier with shield and spear was seized by police at the New York edition of The European Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.The relief is worth about $1.2 million and was being offered for sale by Rupert Wace, a well-known dealer in antiquities in London, […]

‘Don’t Let This Dream Come True’, penned and helmed by Mehdi Nassiri, is being performed at City Theater.In the play, three women in three different episodes try to convince their husbands not to go on their planned trip to Sumar, a small city in Kermanshah, Tiwall.com wrote.The cast includes Behnam Tashakkor, Taraneh Kouhestani, Behrouz Panahandeh, […]

Iran National Museum will display a collection of ancient artifacts from South Korea in an exhibition slated to open on Nov. 4.Accompanied by two South Korean representatives, the artifacts, comprising 144 objects dating back to the Silla era, arrived in Tehran early this week, Mehr News Agency quoted the museum’s manager, Jebraeil Nokandehi as saying.Named […]

Art and Experience Cinematic Group, in collaboration with German Embassy in Iran, will show six German feature films as well as a documentary for a week in Tehran, Kerman and Shiraz.According to the website of Art and Experience Cinematic group (Aecinema.ir), Germany Film Week will be inaugurated on Oct. 29 at the Iranian Artists Forum in […]

Visual artists Shahriyar Sirous and Pouya Talebi have merged photography with painting and past with present in their joint exhibition.Titled ‘Abyat (Verses) II,’ the exhibit features a series of painted photographs depicting diverse manifestations of Iranian art, the local website Iranart.ir reported.The works will remain on display at Daargoun Art Gallery until Oct. 31. It […]

The 23rd Tehran Press Exhibition opens on Friday, at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla. The official opening ceremony will be held on Saturday in the presence of a government official, although visitors are allowed to visit the exhibition on Friday, ISNA reported. Over 600 media outlets have registered to participate in the exhibition, including 100 monthlies, 60 […]

Original newspapers and magazines from the Qajar era (1785-1925) are for sale at the ‘Press Treasure’ pavilion affiliated to the Mostazafan Foundation, at the 23rd Tehran Press Exhibition, October 27-November 3.Based in Tehran, Press Treasure is a museum that collects samples from the first issues of press publications from the Qajar era until now.Director of […]

A book of paintings by the late artist Houshang Pezeshknia (1917-1972) was unveiled October 28, at Shahrivar Art Gallery in Tehran.Published forty years after his death by Nazar Publication, the book ‘Hamsafar-e Baad’ (Companion of the wind), contains a wide range of Pezeshknia’s paintings, although only one fourth of the prolific artist’s works are in […]

An Iranian documentary ‘Ali Aqa’, directed by Kamran Heidari, is to compete with 14 other films in the feature-length documentary category at the 30th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Netherlands.‘Ali Aqa’ (meaning Mr. Ali in Persian) is the story of a birdman named Ali in an old neighborhood in Shiraz, Fars Province. He […]

Contemporary Iranian-Australian artist Hossein Valamanesh, 68, is holding his first solo exhibit in Tehran where he was born.‘Where Have I Come from’ is his conceptual exhibition at Aaran Art Gallery located at No. 5, Lolagar Alley, Neauphle-le-Chateau St., Honaronline reported.On display are installations and sculptures that reflect the different stages, layers and aspects of the […]