The director general of France’s Cité internationale des arts (International City of Arts) says Iranian artists have ranked sixth among 100 countries in this artist-in-residence building.
A precious painting by Mahmoud Farshchian, the most famous Iranian miniaturist, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ will go under the hammer at an auction in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
What Saeed Sadeqi shot thousands of times during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 1980s were not bullets, but photographs. Three decades on, he now has a specific goal: to find as many war heroes in his old photos as possible.
The 3rd edition of “Press Photo of the Year” exhibition has opened in Tehran, putting on display 169 photographs selected from among 4,000 photos submitted in five sections.
Tehran City Council has given a street in downtown Tehran the title of “Handicrafts Parade” on the occasion of the World Handicrafts Day, which is annually marked on June 10.
The history of Zargari or the manufacturing of jewels in Iran’s historical city of Yazd dates back to two thousand years ago based on reliable evidence.
Iranian animation producers have managed to attract great attention to their works at the World’s Content Market in Moscow, which recently came to an end.
An Iranian artist has put on show the life of the country’s nomadic people through the centuries in the form of sculptures inspired by nature and nomadic lifestyle.
Iran has officially opened it pavilion titled “Being and Singing” at Venice Biennale Arte 2019 near St. Mark's Square, featuring artworks by three Iranian artists.
The French capital of Paris is hosting the second edition of an Iranian photography exhibition called Iran Photo (inside & outside) which offers a nuanced view of Iran, one that reveals the complex changes that the country has experienced over the last four decades.
Famous Iranian director Majid Majidi will receive a special award known as Plaque of Loyalty from the 2nd SufiSin Festival in Konya, Turkey, said the only Iranian member of the International Mevlana Foundation.
The Senegalese-Lebanese juror of the 37th International Fajr Film Festival says the atmosphere of the event shows we are dealing with a festival that is “genuine” and does its job well.
A group of Iranian teenagers from the Juvenile Detention Centre in Tehran have staged a play named Oliver Twist based on the famous classic of the same name by British writer Charles Dickens, as part of a campaign to “support Iranian Oliver Twists.”
Italian director, screenwriter and actor Italo Spinelli believes that the focus of cinema is moving from the West to the East, and Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival is the best place to watch Oriental movies.