New Nazeri Album
Acclaimed traditional musician and vocalist Shahram Nazeri will bring out his new album by September 22.‘Asheq Kist?’ (who is the lover?) is the title of Master Nazeri’s latest album to be released and distributed by Iran Gaam, a well-known record label based in Tehran.“I believe, the album will be among the best and most different […]
Iran’s ‘No Date, No Signature’ wins 2 awards at Venice filmfest
TEHRAN – Iranian drama ‘No Date, No Signature’ has won Best Director Award for Vahid Jalilvand and Best Actor Award for Navid Mohammadzadeh at the Venice Horizons sections of the 74th Venice Film Festival. ‘No Date, No Signature’ which won Best Director and Best Supporting Actor awards at the 35th Fajr Film Festival, managed to […]
Endless Three
‘Endless Three’ is a group exhibition of paintings and drawings by three visual artists underway at Mehrva Art Gallery. “What is on display is the outcome of social conditions in contemporary times, an era representing information chaos and entropic aesthetics; … while at the same time representing absolute freedom (in art),” according to the statement […]
Green Film Fest Names Jury
The International Green Film Festival has announced the jury members of its cinema section — four Iranians and three international judges.Iranian members of the jury include actress Hedieh Tehrani, filmmaker Mani Mirsadeqi, TV and radio producer Esmaeil Mirfakhraei and film producer Akbar Alemi. Foreign judges are Italian festival director Gaetano Capizzi and two cineastes from […]
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]