Iranian Art and Culture

By: Amin Berenjkar

Commemorating Persian poet Hafez in Shiraz

SHIRAZ, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Iranians commemorate National Day of Hafez, a highly revered 14th-century Persian poet and mystic, on October 12, with attending national events mainly held in the southern city of Shiraz, where the prominent poet was born and where his tomb, Hafezyeh, is located.

By: Saeed Fallahfar

Sculpture gallery at Iranian Artists Forum

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – There is a sculpture gallery underway at the Iranian Artists Forum in downtown Tehran. The gallery is displaying a collection of 14 bronze sculptures and 35 paintings by Hossein Esmati and Mina Sadri.

By: Behnam Yousefi

Revitalizing traditional art of making wooden Girih artworks

ARAK, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Artists in Markazi province are trying to revive the traditional art of making wooden Girih artworks which has vast applications in different Islamic and Iranian architecture. One of the most eye-catching manifestations of this art is the formation of Orsi, or colorful, windows in different Iranian buildings.

14th Mariwan Intl. Street Theater Festival

MARIVAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – The 14th Mariwan International Street Theater Festival opened in the western Iranian city of Marivan on Saturday and will go one through Tuesday (Aug. 27).

By: Asghar Khamseh

11th Tehran Auction for classic, modern Iranian art

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – The 11th Tehran Auction for classic and modern Iranian artworks took place Friday evening at Parsian Azadi Hotel, generating record high of over $10 million (official rate) proceedings for 79 works that were sold under the hammer.

By: Babak Borzoyeh

2nd Iranian Elites Sculpture Symposium at Einoldoleh Mansion

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The second Iranian Elites Sculpture Symposium (for contemporary artists) opened at Tehran’s Einoldoleh Mansion on Monday and will continue till July 9. During the event, the sculptural portraiture of 26 contemporary Iranian artists will be created.

By: Armin Karami

'Cronus' on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – Iranian play 'Cronus', written and directed by Ali Safari, is on stage at Nofelloshato Theater Complex in Tehran. The play depicts a family in the faraway future who are looking for a way to go back to the past.

By: Armin Karami

Carriere’s absurd comedy “Terrace” stages in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – ‘Terrace’ directed by Masoud Keramati is staged in Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater. The play written by Jean-Claude Carriere is an absurd comedy highlighting the inanity of life at the end of the modernist era.

By: Maryam Kamyab

Artist community attends funeral of veteran voice actor Parviz Bahram

TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – A funeral procession was held Wed. for renowned Iranian voice actor Parviz Bahram, who passed away in Tehran on Monday at the age of 86 after having battled with cancer for many years. Bahram is best known for lending his voice to the narration of the Japanese documentary ‘The Silk Road'.

By: Zahra Sadat Robati

Iranians celebrate birth anniv. of Omar Khayyam

NEYSHABUR, May 18 (MNA) –On the 971st birth anniversary of renowned Persian mathematician, poet, philosopher, and astronomer Omar Khayyam people gathered at his mausoleum in Neyshabur in northeast Iran and paid tribute to him by setting flowers on his grave.

By: Hamid Vakili

Afghan art, culture elites visit with IDO chief

TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – A number of Afghan art and culture elites met and held talks with the Head of Islamic Development Organization (IDO) Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Qomi at the venue of the organization late on Monday.

By: Behnam Yousefi

Neil Simon's 'Fools' staged in Arak in English

ARAK, May 04 (MNA) – Some English instructors in city of Arak staged the comic play 'Fools' by American playwright Neil Simon in English. The play was directed by Ofogh Iraji.

By: Mehdi Azadbakht

‘Do you know the Milky Way?’ staged in Tehran

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Written by Karl Wittlinger and directed by Mohammad Ali Zamani, ‘Do you know the Milky Way?’ is currently being staged in downtown Tehran.

By: Maryam Kamyab

Day 6 of 37th Fajr Film Festival

TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – The ten-day long major cinematic event in the Iranian capital entered its sixth day on Monday. The 37th Fajr Film Festival is screening the best and the newest productions of the Iranian cinema from 1–11 February.

By: Mohammad Moheimani

Gallery of Revolutions Days

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – On the 40th anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s return from 15-year exile ten days before the the Islamic Revolution victory, a gallery dubbed "Gallery of Revolutions Days" opened today in the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi.

By: Mohammad Khodabakhsh

Iran's first national music video festival

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – The first national Fajr Music Video Festival was held on Saturday evening at IRIB International Conference Center in Tehran. The festival received over 1,000 music videos from all across the country, 15 of which were named winners during the ceremony last night.

By: Alieh Saadatpour

Embroidery female artists of Jask

JASK, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Women in the city of Jask, in Hormozgan province situated on the Sea of Oman, are quite skillful in the art of embroidery, which is a traditional craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.