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Solo Photo Event 10 Sep 2017

Solo Photo Event

Celebrated photographer Mohammad Sadeq Niknahad is holding a solo exhibit at Golestan Art Gallery. The 22 photographs at the solo event have been taken with special techniques and none is realistic. They are more like paintings with futuristic features including vibrant colors. The exhibit opened September 8 and will continue till September 13. Visiting hours […]

Exhibit to Honor Dramatist Radi 10 Sep 2017

Exhibit to Honor Dramatist Radi

To mark the 78th birth anniversary of the renowned Iranian playwright Akbar Radi (1939-2007), an exhibition of visual documents of Radi’s works will be held at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.The first edition of the exhibit is slated for September 11-20, at the IAF Summer Gallery and is organized by Akbar Radi Foundation […]

City Life Illusions 10 Sep 2017

City Life Illusions

Musician, actor and painter Azarakhsh Farahani has set up a solo painting exhibition on modern urbanism. The ‘City Life Illusions’ exhibit opened September 8 at Atbin Art Gallery and will run through September 19, displaying 24 paintings created with markers on cardboard, Iran Art reported. “Modern urbanism has affected all aspects of life. Citizens are […]

Art for Peace Festival 10 Sep 2017

Art for Peace Festival

To mark the International Day of Peace, the 5th Art for Peace Festival will be held at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, September 12-21.The event will include artworks in painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video art, music and performance, by artists from over 30 countries, Honaronline reported.On the sidelines of the festival, outdoor concerts […]

First Look 10 Sep 2017

First Look

Renowned painters have presented their works at Laleh Gallery. A total of 38 paintings by six painters are on display at an exhibition titled ‘First Look.’ The opening ceremony of the exhibit was held September 1. The event will run through September 19, Tiwall reported.  In a bid to reflect a different portrait of their […]

Tehran sculpture biennial opens after six years 07 Sep 2017

Tehran sculpture biennial opens after six years

TEHRAN – The seventh edition of the Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial opened at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) on Tuesday after a six-year hiatus. “Art biennials are the beating hearts of the artists’ community in each society,” the secretary of the biennial, Kurosh Golnari, said during an opening ceremony, which was attended by […]

Franco-Iranian production “Birds” landing on stage in Kashan 06 Sep 2017

Franco-Iranian production “Birds” landing on stage in Kashan

TEHRAN – The French theater company La Nef – Manufacture d’utopies and the Fanous Art and Culture House from Iran have teamed up to stage a musical play based Persian poet Farid ud-Din Attar’s allegorical masterpiece “The Conference of the Birds”. La Nef – Manufacture d’utopies president Jean-Louis Heckel, and Neda Shahrokhi and Yasaman Khajei […]

Another Side of Kamancheh Virtuoso With Dutch Band 06 Sep 2017

Another Side of Kamancheh Virtuoso With Dutch Band

Composer and kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, 54, is performing a joint concert in Tehran with the jazz music ensemble Rembrandt Trio from the Netherlands. After Kalhor completed his extensive tour ‘Veiled Dwellers of Silent Garden’ across Iran, he started a joint improvisation project with Rembrandt Trio, a jazz band founded by Dutch composer and pianist […]

Majidi rushing to Gold Mine after Beyond the Clouds journey in subcontinent 05 Sep 2017

Majidi rushing to Gold Mine after Beyond the Clouds journey in subcontinent

After his maiden India-set project ‘Beyond the Clouds’, Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi will be back in India soon to start working on his second film set in the country. The project which is scheduled to go on floors next year, is titled ‘Gold Mine’, ndtv.com reported. The Oscar-nominated director said ‘the ambience of India’ and […]

“Breath”, “The Salesman” lead nominations at Iran Cinema Celebration 04 Sep 2017

“Breath”, “The Salesman” lead nominations at Iran Cinema Celebration

TEHRAN – Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning film “The Salesman” and Narges Abyar’s anti-war drama “Breath” led the nominations at the 19th Iran Cinema Celebration on Sunday each with ten nods. The films followed by director Hamid Nematollah’s movie “Subdued” with nine nominations are competing in several categories, including best film. Shahab Hosseini, the winner of this […]