TEHRAN – A restoration project has commenced on the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) to return the museum to its former glory, Visual Arts Office director Majid Mollanoruzi said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, he elaborated on the plans ahead of the restoration project. “The museum will be closed for six months […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition displaying a selection of the works submitted to the End of Terrorism Art Competition (the End of Daesh Art Competition) opened at Tehran’s Art Bureau on Monday. Over 250 cartoons, caricature and posters from artists in 64 countries are on view at the exhibition. The displayed works are mostly from Iran, […]

TEHRAN – The winners of the Iran Press Photo Awards were honored during a ceremony at the Iranian Artists Forum on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by Hamid Forutan, the director of the Iranian Photojournalists Association, which is the organizer of the photo awards. The award in the multimedia section was presented to Abolfazl Nesai. […]

With a psychological approach, a group of painters have created a collection of abstract works on display at Daargoun Art Gallery in Tehran. Titled ‘Self Abstraction,’ the exhibit opened on November 3 and will run until November 14, from 4 to 8 pm, ISNA reported. Participating artists are Reza Afsari, Homayoun Tak, Hossein Cheraqchi, Reza […]

Renowned German filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders, 72, discusses the unique honesty of Polaroid’s at his new exhibition underway at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. Titled ‘Instant Stories,’ the exhibit presents over 250 of Wenders’ Polaroids encompassing portraits of cast and crew, friends and family, behind the scenes, still lives, street photography and landscapes, according […]

 UCLA Film & Television Archive is holding a special event for celebrating Iranian cinema, screening many top Iranian movies including ‘Bashu, the Little Stranger’ directed by Bahram Beyzaie. The event is being held from April 28 and will continue till May 19. ‘Bashu, the Little Stranger’ will be screened on the last day of the […]

TEHRAN – Musicians from the northeastern Iranian region of Khorasan will be performing during a three-night event in Tehran. The festival entitled “Khorasan Music Nights” will begin at Rudaki Hall on May 17, the director of the festival, Alireza Jalalian, told the Persian service of MNA on Saturday. The Saba ensemble will give a performance […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s oldest film document ever found was unveiled during a special ceremony at the Film Museum of Iran on Wednesday evening. The document is a decree issued by Qajar king Mozaffar ad-Din Shah (1853-1907) on February 11, 1900, in which he assigned the renowned royal photographer Mirza Ahmad Khan Sani os-Saltaneh the task […]

 Attending a fishing festival in the western city of Marivan in Kurdistan province, foreign tourists praised high level of security in Iran as well as people’s hospitality. An international fishing festival in Marivan in Kurdistan province in the west of Iran attracted foreign tourists from 10 countries including Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Iraq, […]

TEHRAN – The Tehran concerts of Japanese musician Kitaro were cancelled after the American members of his group failed to get a visa for Iran, the organizer announced on Thursday just two days before the first performance that was scheduled for Saturday. “In the current situation, given the six American members of the group, it’s […]