Historical sites, monuments and landscapes of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan Province, are the subject of a photo contest being organized by municipality of the city.Titled ‘Historical Sites of Tabriz in Frame,’ the contest focuses on traditional and vernacular architecture in the historical texture of Tabriz. Its purpose is to raise awareness about […]

Helmed by renowned Iranian actor and theater director Atila Pesyani, the play ‘Amusement Park’ is currently on stage at Paliz Theater Hall and will run through November 7.The piece, written by Bamdad Afshar, is about voices and sounds we hear in everyday life  but pass by them in a rather casual manner.Pegah Tabasinejad and Asghar […]

Prominent Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mojtaba Mir-Tahmasb have finished shooting the documentary ‘Lady Touran’ and it is now in the post-production stage.The movie pictures part of the life of Touran Mirhadi, the veteran expert in children’s literature, who died last November, aged 89. The film seeks to feature Mirhadi’s characteristics as a devoted teacher […]

Georgia Night Film will be held October 22 at Tehran’s Cinema Museum in collaboration between the Art and Experience Cinematic Group and the Georgian Embassy.Art and Experience Cinematic Group, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, has created a platform (in a limited number of cinemas across the country) to show selected non-commercial […]

Veteran painter Nosratollah Moslemian has presented a selection of his latest works at a solo exhibit at Iranshahr Art Gallery.The exhibit features 13 canvases each a collage-like combination of painting fragments.It will run through October 24 all days except Saturdays.Visiting hours are 12 noon to 8 pm, on Thursday from 2-7 pm and on Fridays […]

‘Pyromania,’ the irresistible urge to start fire, is the latest solo exhibit by acclaimed painter Farzan Sajjadi.The exhibit is on at Shirin Art Gallery located at No. 5, 13th Alley, Sanaee Street, Karim Khan Avenue.On display are a number of oil-on-canvas paintings in unusually large dimensions. Plants and trees are the main subjects in the […]

Iranian game enthusiasts have been invited by Iran Game Development Institute to join a two-day game jam, a game production contest, scheduled for October 19-20 in Tehran.A game jam is a gathering of game developers for the purpose of planning, designing, and creating one or more games within a short time, usually ranging between 24 […]

A collection of pictures and documents from the Qajar era (1785-1925) will be unveiled at an exhibition in Tehran next spring by the National Library and Archives Organization of Iran (NLAI).The event was planned after the library deputy of NLAI Gholam Reza Amirkhani travelled to Belgium and met Mark Molitor, a grandson of Lambert Molitor […]

Winsor and Newton, a company producing artist’s paint in London, is to hold a self-portrait contest for art students in two national and international phases. Participants, aged 16 and above, can take part free of charge by submitting only one artwork, a self-portrait, Honaronline.com reported. The national winner in each country will receive $500 worth of […]

The feature film ‘Chanel’ directed by Hossein Kondori is one of the newly-released movies that deals with a social issue. ‘Chanel’ is a drama that narrates the strange story of a nurse and the difficulties she faces in a small city where she lives. Baran Kosari, Reza Behboudi, Bahar Katouzi,…