ISNA | Ahmad Zohrabi: One of the attractions of the religious city of Qom in central Iran is the handicrafts. As the city is a pilgrimage destination, it can accommodate many Iranian and foreign travellers, and the handicrafts market in the heart of the city could be very thriving. Some of the handicrafts in Qom province include hand-woven carpets,...

The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan: Their works, which capture a different side of life in Iran, are shifting for vast sums. As the first gallery devoted to Iranian art opens in Britain, we go behind the scenes A giant canvas depicting the union jack overpowers the entrance to Cama Gallery in London. As you get closer to Fereydoon Omidis artwork,...

Tasnim - Qalamzani is one of the traditional handicrafts of Iran that its origin goes back to the Sogians period that lived in Caucasus around 5000 to 7000 years ago and had Aryan origins. Engraving is done on different metals such as copper, brass, silver, gold and also some alloys. To engrave, first the back side of the work is covered by tar ...

IFP- Irans new culture minister says the countrys artworks and cultural products are the most well-known Iranian elements across the globe. Speaking in his induction ceremony on Saturday, Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi weighed in on the status of the Iranian culture and art in the world. The Iranian art can ...

MNA The 7th Tehran Auction was held 7 July 2017 at Parisan Hotel in the capital city where the best of Iranian artworks were introduced and sold to art collectors. The 7th edition of the auction was conducted by famous Iranian actor Hossein Pakdel at Parsian Hotel in Tehran. 13 artworks were presented in the classic category and 59 artworks in ...

Financial Tribune- An exhibition of Persian classic paintings will be held at the Harvard Art Museums, part of Harvard University in Massachusetts, the US, May 20-August 13. The exhibition features illustrated Persian manuscripts and detached folios collected in the early 20th century by Harvard alumnus Bernard Berenson (18651959), the famous American ...

Billionaire.com |Olivia McEwan: A change in the world order presents significant challenges for a vibrant Iranian art scene. In 2016 Tehran Auction, Irans biggest auction, held two sales of classic and modern Iranian art, and contemporary Iranian art, smashing record prices to reach US$7m and US$3m in sales, respectively. One month into ...

Financial Tribune- A calligraphy exhibition titled Everlasting Magic at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, features 120 works by calligraphers from Qazvin Province, which is known as Irans hub of calligraphy. Among the prominent artists participating in the event are Seyed Ali Fakhari, 61, who has also held exhibitions in China, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait,...

Financial Tribune- The 3rd National Festival of Siah-Bazi will be held December 26-29 in Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province. Siah-Bazi is a type of Iranian folk performing art that typically features amischievous and forthrightharlequinwith a blackface who does improvisations to stir laughter. The festival will feature seven stage ...

ISNA| Hemmat Khahi: The 6th edition of Tehran Auction was held on Friday at Espinas Hotel in Tehran where the best of Iranian art was introduced and sold to art collectors.  

Sophia Contemporary Gallery is a modern art gallery located in a 280-square-meter space in the heart of Mayfair, London. It showcases contemporary art of the Middle East and in particular Iran, alongside recent western art, to the European audience. Founded by the Iranian gallery owner Lili Jassemi and two Russian gallerists Vassili Tsarenkov and ...

Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, was born in Kashan in 1847 to a family greatly attached to art. He was undoubtedly one of the most eminent artists of Iran.       Kamal-ol-Molks uncle, Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ghaffari, known as Sanee-ol-Molk, a 19th-century painter, was unrivalled in watercolor portraits....

The art of Minakari or Enamelling is called miniature of fire as well as the decoration of metal and tile with mina glaze. Minakari or Enamelling is the art of painting, colouring and ornamenting the surface of metals by fusing over it brilliant colours that are decorated in an intricate design. Mina is the feminine form of Minoo in Persian,...

Veteran Iranian illustrator, author and artist, Parviz Kalantari, passed away on May 20, at the age of 85, after a lifetime of contribution to Irans culture and art. He had been ill since a stroke in 2014, Honaronline reported. Kalantari illustrated childrens book and worked as a textbook illustrator of Iranian school books for a while and was ...

The head of Irans Museum Administration Board spoke about exhibitions which will celebrate 7000 Years of Iranian Art, and will be held in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, India, Mexico, Singapore and the USA. As reported byISNA, Mohammadreza Kargar talked about the cultural, scientific and historical experiences and achievements of7000 Years of ...

Exhibitions explore The Great Games rivalry over Central Asia and thrust the contested geographies of the 19th century into the language of contemporary art All The Worlds Futures might be the overarching leitmotif of the 56th Venice Biennale, but Irans national pavilion, its largest ever at the prestigious contemporary art event, has chosen to ...

Focusing on the economics of art, offering cultural products and services as well as introducing Irans rich civilization to the world are of importance to the Iranian Film Market (IFM). Ali Jannati, minister of culture and Islamic guidance, made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 18th IFM, which was held concurrent with the international ...

Nargess Hashemis explores what home means to the women of modern Tehran through pen drawings of Iranian architecture and carpets. Iranian artist Nargess Hashemis beautiful patterns, created with pen on graph paper, take doodling to a different level in her latest show, The Pleasure in Boredom. Hashemi is known for her figurative works such as paintings ...

Iranian pavilion at the 2013 edition of annual multi-culture festival of Seoul Friendship Fair has been warmly received by a large number of visitors. Various cultural programs, exhibition of divergent Persian arts and handicrafts attracted an enthusiastic response from visitors. The event also provided a good opportunity for visitors to gain information ...

On January 1, the Virginia-basedHermitage Art Gallerywill ring in the New Year with an exhibit dedicated solely to contemporary Iranian art. Curated from the collection of gallery ownersMehri and Nasser Hosseini, the exhibition will feature more than 40 works of modern art by seven Iranian artists. It is an assemblage of different generations of artists,...