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Iran’s Pavilion among Most Attractive Ones in Venice Biennial Arte

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Iran’s pavilion has been chosen as one of the most attractive pavilions set up at the 59th edition of Venice Biennial Arte 2019 in Italy.
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Nishapur Artists Pay Tribute to Omar Khayyam

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A group of artists from Nishapur, the birthplace of Ommar Khayyam, have commemorated the great Persian poet and polymath.
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Iranian Artist Uses Nomadic Life to Create Unique Sculptures

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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.
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Iran’s Pavilion Opens in Venice Biennial Arte 2019

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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.
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Paris Hosting ‘Iran Photo (Inside & Outside)’ Exhibition

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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.
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Turkish Sufi Festival to Give Majid Majidi Plaque of Honour

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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.
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Iran’s Fajr Film Festival a Genuine Event: Lebanese Juror

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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.
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Young Offenders Stage Play in Support of ‘Iranian Oliver Twists’

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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.”
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Fajr Festival Great Chance to Watch Oriental Films: Italian Director

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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.
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World Wood Day Event Praises Iranian Artist’s Work

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The World Wood Day event recently held in Austria rewarded a magnificent work of art by Alireza Bavandpour, a prominent wood artist from Kermanshah in Western Iran.
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Monir Farmanfarmaian, Prominent Master of Folk Art, Dies

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Famous Iranian artist and traditional folk art collector Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has died at the age of 97.
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New Iranian Directors Make Unusual Films: American Critic

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American film critic Deborah Young says the new generation of Iranian filmmakers are more adventurous than the previous ones, and make more unusual films.
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Salt Statues on Display in Art Festival East of Iran

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Artists from 12 Iranian provinces have put on show their salt statues in a national festival held in a marsh in South Khorasan, eastern Iran.
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Big Names to Attend Iranian Film Festival despite US Bans

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A number of renowned cinema professionals, including American screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Joseph Schrader, are going to attend the 37th International Fajr Festival in Tehran despite the discouraging impact of Trump’s sanctions.
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‘Are You Volleyball?!’ Most Acclaimed Short Film of Iran

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The Iranian short film “Are You Volleyball?!” has turned into the most acclaimed short film of the country after winning its latest award at Ascona Festival of Switzerland.
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Movie Stars Gather in Tehran to Raise Fund for Flood Victims

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A group of movie stars and filmmakers recently gathered in a movie theatre in central Tehran to raise funds for the victims of the recent floods across the country, joining other Iranians from all walks of life who have donated over $7.5 million to the Iranian Red Crescent Society so far.
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Veteran Iranian Actor Laid to Rest after Massive Funeral

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Iran has bid farewell to Jamshid Mashayekhi, one of its most renowned movie stars who died on April 03 at the age of 85.
Art

Khoos Doozi; A Beautiful Pricey Handicraft (+Video)

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Khoos Doozi is a traditional Iranian needlework which uses narrow plastic strips in various colours for sewing on different clothing.
Architecture

Persian Architecture in Photos: Tiling of Golestan Palace

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Golestan Palace is a magnificent structure in Tehran whose construction dates back to the Safavid era, about 440 years ago, but has been renovated for several times in the following centuries.
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City of Zanjan; Birthplace of Filigree Art

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The city of Zanjan in north-western Iran has been registered as the national city and birthplace of filigree art, which dates back to several thousand years ago.
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Oldsters Thrilled to See Their Portraits Painted on Village’s Walls

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An Iranian artist in the north of the country has started to turn the frontage of village houses into beautiful portraits of old men and women.
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Iran to Attend Prague Performance Design Quadrennial

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Iran is, for the first time, going to participate in a major international theatre design event held in the Czech Republic.
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Pre-Nowruz Festival of Coloured Eggs Underway in Tehran

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A festival of coloured eggs is underway in the Iranian capital of Tehran as part of Baharestan 98 event which is held on the eve of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, with the participation of 450 artists at 10 sites.
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Tehran Hosts ‘Euphoric Garden’ Art Exhibition

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The Iranian capital Tehran recently hosted an exhibition of paintings by Elham Nafisifar called “Euphoric Garden”.
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Persian New Year to Be Celebrated in France

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A ceremony is to be held on the eve of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in the French capital Paris with the aim of strengthening inter-cultural relations between different nations.
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