Art & Culture Archives - Page 8 of 9

Int’l Sculpture Symposium Opens in Milad Tower

The 8th edition of Tehran International Sculpture Symposium opened on Friday, at the iconic Milad Tower. A total of 29 sculptors, including 14 foreign participants from 13 countries, started working on blocks of travertine, a form a limestone, provided as the main material for their creations. Seyed Mojtaba Mousavi, cultural deputy at the Te ...

Iranian filmmaker Abyar wins Best Direction at Vancouver Women filmfest

Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar has won Best Direction Award for ‘Breath’ at 12th Vancouver International Women In Film Festival in Canada. At the C ...

Iran Bags 3 Awards at Dhaka Film Festival

Iranian artists won the Best Movie, Best Actor, and Best Director awards at the Asian Film Competition section of the 15th Dhaka international film fe ...

Khaseb stages “Mud” in Bangladesh

The Iranian theater troupe Crazy Body led by director Yasser Khaseb performed “Mud” on the closing day of the 2nd edition of the BotTala Rangamela, a ...

Iranian films to be screened in Pakistani cinemas

The Pakistani cinemas are all set to screen Iranian films after a ban on Indian content in the country. The move came in a bid to save the declini ...

Painting depicting martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) unveiled at Tehran museum

“The Sky Fell Down”, a large painting featuring the last moments of the life of Imam Hussein (AS) created by the young artist Hassan Ruholamin, was un ...

Auction House Sells Carpets for $8.7m

A total of 21 Persian hand-woven carpets were sold out of the 33 presented at the auction with the highest bid of $4.3 million going to 'Iranian Parad ...

New Delhi to host festival of Iranian films

A festival of Iranian films is scheduled to be held at the Habitat Film Club in New Delhi from August 9 to 27. The festival has been organized in c ...

Majid Majidi named Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year

World renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi was named the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year, the selection having been made for the first time o ...

Iranian Cultural Offices Celebrate Persian New Year

Iranian cultural offices in different cities around the world celebrated the ancient festivities of Nowruz. According to the public relations offic ...