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Photographer Awarded PSA 3D Photography Prize

IFP Media Wire -
A former Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS) trainee has received a gold medal in the 3D Photography Prize, held by the Photographic Society of America.
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Veteran Iranian Photographer Bichareh Dies in Los Angeles

IFP Editorial Staff -
Asghar Bichareh, perhaps the oldest photographer active in Iranian cinema, died on Saturday, June 11, in the US city of Los Angeles at the age of 89.
Art

Red Ribbon Festival on HIV/AIDS

IFP Editorial Staff -
The First International Red Ribbon Festival to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS is underway at Tehran’s Mellat Cinemaplex Gallery.
Africa

Ivory Coast Welcomes Iran’s Peace Ambassadors Mobile Museum

IFP Media Wire -
The first Iranian private mobile museum, affiliated to the Pars Children Culture-Building International Institute, was warmly welcomed in Ivory Coast.
Art

Pop-Up Art in Tehran

IFP Media Wire -
An art exhibition at two venues in Tehran was held earlier this month, in a follow-up of an international project titled No Man’s Art Pop-Up Gallery (NMAG).
Art

‘A Gallery as Big as a City’ in Tehran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
IFP: Reproductions of art classics, including Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Michelangelo’s Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Hunters...
Art

Stained-Glass Museum in Tehran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
A museum displaying stained-glass windows has been set up in a historical house in Tehran on Sa’adi Street.
Art

International Museum Day Celebrated in National Museum

IFP Editorial Staff -
Masoud Soltani, the Head of the Cultural Heritage Organization, inaugurated a ceremony on Tuesday in Iran’s National Museum to commemorate World Museum Day, internationally held on May 18
Selected

Famous Artworks to Embellish Tehran for Second Year

IFP Editorial Staff -
Copies of famous works of art, including many by prominent Western and Iranian artists, will appear next week on billboards and tableaus across the capital city of Tehran.
Art

ICOM President to Celebrate Intl. Museum Day in Tehran

IFP Editorial Staff -
The president of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Hans-Martin Hinz, will attend a ceremony to mark International Museum Day, which will be held at the National Museum of Iran on May 18.
Art

Tehran Experimental Art Week – Photos

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The third edition of the Tehran Experimental Art Week was launched on Thursday May 12, at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran.
Art

Master Miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian Unveils New Works in Tehran

IFP Editorial Staff -
Simorgh and Environment, Man and Nature, two works by Iranian master miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian, were unveiled on Saturday May 14 at the Farshchian Museum of Tehran’s Saadabad Cultural Historical Complex.
Art

“Woman against Woman” on the Wall of Mojdeh Gallery

IFP Editorial Staff -
Woman against Woman is a curious title for a photography exhibition which remakes great painters’ works, such as those of Picasso, Lucian Freud, Rembrandt,...
Art

Photography: Another of Abbas Kiarostami’s Skills

IFP Editorial Staff -
Eight years ago Kiarostami broke the record for the most expensive photo in the Middle East with a snowy scene. Although he is known to the world for his unique cinema and varied movies, he manages to expose a different side of himself through his photography.
Art

Culture Minister Asks Justice Ministry to Help Protect Copyright Law

IFP Editorial Staff -
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati has asked the Ministry of Justice to help protect the copyright law in the country.
Art

Hafez; Inspiration for German Artist Paintings

IFP Editorial Staff -
German artist Günther Uecker has opened an exhibition of his paintings in Iran’s Shiraz, all inspired by the sonnets of great Iranian poet, Hafez.
Art

Stuttgart Art Exhibit Explores Changing Life in Iran

IFP Editorial Staff -
An art show underway at IFA Gallery in the German city of Stuttgart explores many aspects of changing life in Iran, the Institute for Foreign Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – IFA) has announced.
Art

Shiraz to Display Gunther Uecker’s Paintings Inspired by Hafez

Emad Askarieh -
A collection of paintings by German sculptor and op artist Gunther Uecker, all inspired by ghazals of Persian poet Hafez, will be displayed in an exhibition in Shiraz opening on May 1.
Art

Iran Artists Forum signs MoU with Austrian counterpart

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran Artists Forum signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Austrian House of Artists in a bid to promote cultural and artistic cooperation at the international level.
Art

Kurdish Artist Buries His Sculpture of Renowned Poet

IFP Editorial Staff -
An Iranian-Kurdish sculptor buried a statue he had made of a famous Kurdish poet, after municipal officials refused to install it in the western...
Art

The Magic Paintings by Women on the Mysterious Island

Fatemeh Askarieh -
On Hormuz Island, the artery for Middle East oil and shipping, soil, rather than oil, has enchanted people’s lives, with earth paintings narrating the lives of the women in Hormuz. This god-given “soil art” can only be found on this 42km2 mysterious island at the entrance of the Persian Gulf.
Architecture

Iranian House wins A’ Design Award 2015

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Orsi Khaneh Residential Apartment, designed by Nima Keivani, has been awarded the Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2015.
Art

Tehran, Delhi to start cultural talks

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Head of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization and General Director of Indian Council for Cultural Relations agreed on starting religious talks and holding cultural negotiations between Iran and India.
Art

11th Government’s Policies Include Opening Artistic and Cultural Doors

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said, “The Government of Hassan Rouhani has tried to apply open-door legal policies to these fields, which prevent unnecessary objections.”
Art

Iran Travel Photo Award 2016 calls for entries

Golrokh Askarieh -
The third round of Iran Travel Photo Award to be held in the city of Shiraz is calling for submissions from all interested Iranian and non-Iranian photographers.
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