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 […]

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 […]

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 – 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

TEHRAN – A South Korean cultural exhibition opened at Tehran’s Melal Cultural Center on Sunday. South Korean Ambassador Kim Seung-Ho and a number of Iranian cultural officials attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition titled “Korea, Close-Up”. The exhibition is displaying some photos of Korean tourist attractions, Korean food and traditional costumes, and a number […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai’s short animation “Light Sight” has been honored at two international film festivals in the U.S. and Italy. The 1st Sunrise 45 Film Festival, which was held in the small town of Alpena located in northeastern Michigan in the U.S. from August 18 to 20, picked the animation as […]