Fifth intl. sculpture symposium kicks off in Tehran
The fifth edition of International Tehran Wood Sculpture Symposium has kicked off in the Iranian capital of Tehran, displaying different styles of…
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Tehran to display modern art pioneers’ retrospectives
A collection of artworks belonged to three pioneers of Iranian modern art is slated to be showcased at Saba Art and Cultural…
Reza Derakhshani’s works evoke Iran’s magnificent past
If you want a reason to visit Reza Derakhshani’s solo show at Salsali Private Museum, the fact that the main installation has…
Iran, Turkey to hold symposium on Mowlavi’s masterpiece
Iran’s university of Urmia and Turkey’s Yuzuncu Yil University are slated to hold a joint symposium on the Persian poet Mowlavi’s Masnavi…
Iranian book enters ‘German Book of Month’ selection
Iranian author Seyyed Ali Shojai’s book The Big Snowman has been selected as the Pictorial Book of the Month by the German…
South Korean embassy in Iran holds Persian cultural tour
South Korean Embassy in Tehran has held the second cultural and tourism program in Iran focusing on the splendid history and civilization…
Veteran Iranian scholar Parviz Marzban passes away
Prominent Iranian scholar of visual arts and translator Parviz Marzban, has died of natural causes at the age of 96 in the…
Politics and art of Iran’s revolutionary tulips
Their petals are on the national flag. They line the dome above Ayatollah Khomeini’s tomb. They adorn billboards of martyrs from the…
Austrian festival to present traditional Iranian music
Iran’s renowned Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and the eminent vocalist Ali Reza Qorbani are to perform traditional music program at the Austrian…
Through story, a look into Iran: Newsha Tavakolian’s portraiture
In 1999, Iranian students took the streets of Tehran in the fiercest unrest the country had seen since the 1979 Islamic revolution.…
Iran’s Gharibpour to perform ‘Hafez’ puppet opera in Dubai
Veteran Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet play Behrouz Gharibpour is slated to present his Hafez opera puppet show…