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,…

A collection of photos by German master of photography Arno Fischer (1927-2011) will go on display at Silk Road Art Gallery in Tehran.Organized in collaboration with the German Embassy in Tehran, the exhibit is curated by German photographer Andreas Rost, once Fischer’s assistant and now an acclaimed photographer known for his black and white photographs […]

An unveiling ceremony for three bilingual books (English and Persian) of selected poems by contemporary Iranian poets Qeysar Aminpur, Tahereh Saffarzadeh and Salman Harati is scheduled for October 31 at Hozeh-Honari (Art Bureau), affiliated to Islamic Development Organization, in Tehran.“As per an agreement between London-based Academy of Iranian Studies and Hozeh-Honari, we decided to publish […]

Directed and produced by Hossein Shahabi, ‘Conditional Release’ is showing in cinemas in Tehran and some other cities.The film seeks to portray the social problems and difficulties many prisoners have to deal with when they are released after long-term detentions, problems like finding a job.Amir Jafari, Shaghayegh Farahani, Leila Otadi, Diba Zahedi, Amir Reza Delavari, […]

The Khorramshahr wing of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Khuzestan Province holds today a meeting on the water drainage system at Chogha Zanbil, a UNESO World Heritage Center.The scientific ‘Analysis on Architecture and Drainage System at Chogha Zanbil’  is organized on the occasion of International Archaeology Day, October 21, according to memarnews.com, […]