A print exhibition titled ‘Echo From the Past’ by the Australian artist Ian Chamberlain is underway at A Art Gallery in Tehran, located at Azody St., Karim Khan Ave. Chamberlain’s work takes its influence from man-made structures. Reinterpreting them as monuments placed within the landscape, the objects in turn become landmarks of their time. The […]

‘The Pink Raj’, an intense pink diamond described by experts as the world’s largest, is expected to fetch up to $30 million when it is auctioned in Geneva next month.The stone, which weighs just over 37 carats, was displayed by auction house Sotheby’s in London this week.“It is a wonderful shape. It is a cushion […]

The 12th Specialized Handmade Carpet Exhibition in Hamedan will be held November 21-27 in the capital of the province. The venue is the Hamedan International Exhibition Center near Ashura Square, according to Asrenamayeshgah News Agency (asrenamayeshgah.com).Hamedan is one of the largest carpet weaving areas in the region and encompasses hundreds villages. Each of village has […]

Narges Behrouzian’s play ‘Home Worker’ is on stage at Molavi Theater Hall and will run through October 27.An adaptation of the play ‘Heimarbeit’ by the German author, playwright, actor and film director Franz Xaver Kroetz, it portrays a couple trapped in a life of tiring routines.The cast include Tina Younestabar and Mostafa Pur-Yousef, Tiwall,com reported. Xaver Kroetz’s […]

The Iranian-Italian joint play ‘1+1’ was staged at the 13th  International Theater Festival for Children in Bucharest on October 12 and won the jury award at the closing ceremony on October 14.The play, co-directed by Omid Niaz and Guglielmo Papa, is a co-production of La Società della Civetta, Italian theater company in Bologna, and Nan-o […]

“No tree is felled for production of paper for our books,” reads a sign on the bookstore of Roozbahan Publication on Enqelab St. Elaborating on this claim, manager of the publishing house Hamed Kani told ISNA: “Roozbahan Publication has an environment-friendly approach.”  He said half of the paper used by his company is produced from […]

Tehran-based Artibition Online Gallery will hold a special art sale October 19-20 on its website Arthibition.net.Artworks to be presented at the online sale are from a group of 14 visual artists including calligraphic painters Mahmoud Vatankhah and Kiarash Yaqoubi, as well as painter, animator and photographer Arash Lahiji, calligrapher Ali Ganji and painter Sepideh Satarinejad.On […]

It is 20 years since JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ went on sale. Back then, no one could have known that this 223-page book would have six sequels, eight film adaptations, several theme parks, and be translated into 68 languages. And, starting next week, would inspire British Library, UK’s greatest, to put […]

Photographer Farzan Shams is holding an exhibition of road photography titled ‘Stuck on the Road.’The common feature in all photos is that they were all taken on the ‘road’ each in a different place at a different time, said Shams in a note on the event, Gallery Info reported.Each of the presented photos “is a […]

The short animation ‘Entracte’, directed by Iranian graphic artist Mohamadreza Kheradmanadan has won the award for Better Experimental Short Movie at the first edition of NAZRA Palestine Short Film Festival.Held for three weeks at different venues in Palestinian cities of Gaza, Beit-ul-Moqaddas and Ramallah plus in the Italian cities Venice, Florence, Bologna, Rome and Naples, […]