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Strolling through Tehran’s art galleries – Part III

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July 2018, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
August 2018, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
August 2018, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
August 2018, Hoor Gallery (in collaboration with Emrooz Gallery). Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online.
August 2018, ECO Cultural Institute, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, Ayrik Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ahmad Aghasiani, Honar Online.
August 2018, Ariana Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, Ariana Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, A Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online.
August 2018, Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
August 2018, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online.
August 2018, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online.
August 2018, Mostaghel Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online.
July 2018, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Seyed Hatef Hosseini, Honar Online.
July 2018, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Seyed Hatef Hosseini, Honar Online.
July 2018, Mah Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
July 2018, Mah Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
July 2018, Aaran Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online.
July 2018, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Iran Art Gallery, Tehran. Photo credit Mahdiye Babaee, Honar Online.
July 2018, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online.
July 2018, Sayé Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Sayé Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Tehran Art Center. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Tehran Art Center. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Tehran Art Center. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Shalman Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
July 2018, Shalman Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Vista+, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online.
July 2018, Vista Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online.
July 2018, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Seyed Hatef Hosseini, Honar Online.
July 2018, Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Seyed Hatef Hosseini, Honar Online.
July 2018, Saless Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Honar Online.
July 2018, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Sara Sasani, Honar Online.
July 2018, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online.
July 2018, Atbin Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online.
July 2018, Homa Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Photo credit Khosro Parkhideh, Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.
July 2018, Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran. Photo credit Maryam Ramezanloo, Honar Online.

Overview and sources

  1. “Warhol saved me”, exhibition by Khosrow Hassanzadeh at Iranshahr Gallery. Bio, photos.
  2. Painting exhibition by Ali Bazmandegan at Saless Gallery. Bio, photos.
  3. “Sacred Garden”, exhibition by Anahita Ghazanfari at Shirin Gallery. Bio, photos.
  4. “100 works, 100 artists”, group exhibition at Golestan Gallery. Photos.
  5. Painting exhibition by Alireza Baghi at Hoor Gallery (collaboration with Emrooz Gallery). Photos, poster.
  6. “Inward regard 2”, exhibition by Faezeh Afjehniya at ECO Cultural Institute Tehran. Bio, photos, poster.
  7. “Human Being & Forgetfulness”, painting exhibition by Shirin Moayya at Ayrik Gallery. Bio, photos, poster.
  8. “Moment”, sculpture installation by Solmaz Lienhard at Ariana Gallery. Photos, poster.
  9. “Home is a name”, group exhibition (by Mona Najafizadeh, Miriam Hamann and Matin Soofipour) at A Gallery. Cooperation between Austrian and Iranian artists. The project will continue in January 2019 at Atelierhaus Salzamt in Linz. Photos, poster.
  10. “On the pictures”, exhibition by Pouya Parsamagham at Dastan Gallery. Photos and more.
  11. Painting exhibition by Sohrab Marzban at Shirin Gallery. Bio, photos.
  12. “Tehran to me”, conceptual costume exhibition at Mostaghel Gallery. Photos.
  13. “Corruption, Retooling, Connection”, installation by Arya Tabandehpoor at Mohsen Gallery. Bio, photos and more: mohsen.gallery, harpersbazaararabia.com.
  14. “Qajar”, painting exhibition by Ghasem Hajizadeh at Mah Gallery. Bio, photos.
  15. “Three bodies”, group exhibition (works by Shaqayeq Ahmadian, Farzad Shekari and Parisa Taghipour) at Aaran Gallery. Photos.
  16. 1st annual young adults drawing exhibition at Etemad Gallery. Photos.
  17. Artworks by Narges Baghermoradi at Iran Art Gallery. More (in Persian) and photos.
  18. “Living inside death”, drawing exhibition by Mojtaba Yadollahi at Seyhoun Gallery. More (in Persian) and photos.
  19. “Fifty years in Abbey Road”, retrospective of artworks by Hamid Nourkeyhani at Sayé Gallery. Bio, photos, photos.
  20. “Illusion and reality”, works by Mehrdad Sadri at Tehran Art Center. Bio, photos.
  21. “Beyond the grays”, painting exhibition by Aisan Mohammad at Shalman Gallery. Bio, photos, poster.
  22. “Four corners of imagination”, group exhibition at Iranian Artists Forum. Photos.
  23. “Live dolls”, painting exhibition by Manoochehr Soltani at Vista+. Photos and more.
  24. “In darkness”, painting exhibition by Mina Feshangchi at Vista Gallery. Photos and more.
  25. Painting exhibition by Shahin Kimiagar at Golestan Gallery. Photos.
  26. Painting exhibition by Hosna Karnama at Saless Gallery. Bio, artist’s page and photos.
  27. “In our jungle”, painting exhibition by Mozhdeh Sajadi at Shirin Gallery. Photos.
  28. “The empty space”, painting exhibition by Sedigheh Fatollahzadeh and Orhan Umut at Seyhoun Gallery. O. Umut’s bio, interview with S. Fatollahzadeh (in Persian) and photos.
  29. “Zelkova’s serenity”, painting exhibition by Ebrahim Ganjian at Atbin Gallery. More (in Persian), photos and poster.
  30. “the short stories of roseland”, painting exhibition by Ladan Broujerdi at Homa Gallery. Bio, photos.
  31. Exhibition by Norwegian photographer Mats Alexander Grenabo at Iranian Artists Forum. Grenabo’s instagram, photos.

Iran’s National Botanical Garden in Tehran (Photos)

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Founded in 1968, the garden extends over an area of about 150ha (370ac) and is planned to be the main center for horticulture and plant taxonomy in Iran.

A herbarium of Iranian plants is gradually being built up and now consists of some 160,000 species. It also contains gardens of non-Iranian plants, an arboretum, six lakes, hills (to represent the Alborz and Zagros mountains), a rock garden, a waterfall, a wetland, a river about 1 km long, systematic area, fruit garden, picnic area with some pavilions, desert plants areas, a salt lake and a wadi (a dry, ephemeral, riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain). The botanical and horticultural library has more than 11.000 volumes.

The area, located at 1320m altitude by the freeway between Tehran and Karaj, is flat and slopes gently to the south. The Albourz Mountains forms the background. The climate is dry with an average annual precipitation of about 240 mm falling between November and May. Temperature reaches as much as 42–43ºC during July and August. During winter the temperature may fall to –10ºC or lower. The natural vegetation of the area is dry Artemisia Siberia steppe.

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Sources: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Wikipedia, instagram @nbgiran, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, MNA 3, Tehran Picture, tishineh.com, netbaran.com, behtarynha.com

Strolling through Tehran’s art galleries – II

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Tehran’s Art Center, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Tehran’s Art Center, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Gallery A, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Gallery A, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit negar_art_gallery, instagram
Mahmoudiyeh House, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit ahmad.nadalian, instagram
Dena Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Dena Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Ab/Anbar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Ab/Anbar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Artists: Aydin Aghdashloo, Hosein Ahmadinasab, Parvaneh Etemadi, Hannibal Alkhas, Naser Ovissi, Reza Bangiz, Sima Bina, Jazeh Tabatabai, Mahmoud Javadipour, Bahman Dadkhah, Mehdi Sahabi, Iraj Zand, Jahangir Shahdadi and Manocher Motabar, May 2017 in Tehran. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Artists: Aydin Aghdashloo, Hosein Ahmadinasab, Parvaneh Etemadi, Hannibal Alkhas, Naser Ovissi, Reza Bangiz, Sima Bina, Jazeh Tabatabai, Mahmoud Javadipour, Bahman Dadkhah, Mehdi Sahabi, Iraj Zand, Jahangir Shahdadi and Manocher Motabar, May 2017 in Tehran. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Jaleh Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Jaleh Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Delgosha Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Honar Online
Delgosha Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Honar Online
Did Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Did Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Hoor Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit negar_art_gallery, instagram
Works by R. Santaguida (Canada), F. Moraes (Brazil) and Naïmé Perrette (France) – Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit kooshkresidency, instagram
Works by R. Santaguida (Canada), F. Moraes (Brazil) and Naïmé Perrette (France) – Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Works by R. Santaguida (Canada), F. Moraes (Brazil) and Naïmé Perrette (France) – Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Rarely seen works by Sohrab Sepehri, Bahman Mohasses, Hossein Zendehrudi, Parviz Kalantari, Jazeh Tabatabi and many other artists. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Siamak Zomorrodi-Motlaq, Honar Online
Rarely seen works by Sohrab Sepehri, Bahman Mohasses, Hossein Zendehrudi, Parviz Kalantari, Jazeh Tabatabi and many other artists. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Siamak Zomorrodi-Motlaq, Honar Online
Works by Abolfazl Shahi, Zahra Ebrahimi, Iraj Eskandari, Neda Azami, Fereidoun Omidi, Samila Amir Ebrahimi, Masoud Babakhani, Ladan Borojerdi, Homayoun Salimi, Hamid Jafaree Shakib, Mehdi Hosseini, Setareh Hosseini, Behnam kamrani, Sorme Arab, Katayoun Golestanian, Navid Atrvash, Neda Ghayouri and Gizella Varga Sinaee. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Works by Abolfazl Shahi, Zahra Ebrahimi, Iraj Eskandari, Neda Azami, Fereidoun Omidi, Samila Amir Ebrahimi, Masoud Babakhani, Ladan Borojerdi, Homayoun Salimi, Hamid Jafaree Shakib, Mehdi Hosseini, Setareh Hosseini, Behnam kamrani, Sorme Arab, Katayoun Golestanian, Navid Atrvash, Neda Ghayouri and Gizella Varga Sinaee. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Mojtaba Arabzadeh, Honar Online
Vista+, Vista Art Gallery, Tehran in May 2017. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online
Vista+, Vista Art Gallery, Tehran in May 2017. Photo credit Saeed Rabiee, Honar Online
Works by Forugh Khoshnevis, Parvaneh Razzaqi, Mahta Moeini, Shahla Homayuni and other artists to raise funds for people with cancer. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Works by Forugh Khoshnevis, Parvaneh Razzaqi, Mahta Moeini, Shahla Homayuni and other artists to raise funds for people with cancer. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Works by Forugh Khoshnevis, Parvaneh Razzaqi, Mahta Moeini, Shahla Homayuni and other artists to raise funds for people with cancer. Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Mohammad Khodabakhsh, Mehr News Agency
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online

First part: Strolling through Tehran’s art galleries – I

Overview

  1. Photos, cartoons, comic strips and paintings by Kambiz Derambakhsh at Tehran’s Art Center. Bio: iranianroots.com. More photos: Honar Online
  2. “Between Two Curtains”, painting exhibition by Shahroo Kheradmand at Gallery A.
    Bio (in Persian): galleryinfo.ir and a-gallery.ir. More photos: Honar Online
  3. “V[!]ROLLURGY, #Fake news and fake science” by Mamali Shafahi at Mohsen Gallery.
    Bio: mohsen.gallery and aptglobal.org. More photos: Honar Online
  4. “Colorful Universe”, painting exhibition by Amir Bakhtiar Sanjabi at Shirin Gallery.
    Bio: amirsanjabi.com and financialtribune.com. More photos:  Honar Online
  5. Calligraphy exhibition by Alireza Shirafkan at Negar Art Gallery. Bio (in Persian): negarartgallery.com. More photos: instagram @alirezashirafkan90
  6. “The color of the island”, 10 year review of Ahmad Nadalian’s work in Hormuz Island at Mahmoudiyeh House. Bio: greenmuseum.org. More photos: instagram @ahmad.nadalian
  7. “I’m an artist”, “From Historical Documents”, photos, paintings and videos from Ramin Etemadi Bozorg at Dena Gallery. Bio: creativedisturbance.org. More photos: Honar Online
  8. “I know why the rebel sings”, photo exhibition by Newsha Tavakolian at Ab/Anbar Art Gallery. Bio: theotheriran.com. More photos:  Honar Online and Borna News
  9. “Figure and figuration”, group exhibition at Farmanfarma Art Gallery. Artists: Aydin Aghdashloo, Hosein Ahmadinasab, Parvaneh Etemadi, Hannibal Alkhas, Naser Ovissi, Reza Bangiz, Sima Bina, Jazeh Tabatabai, Mahmoud Javadipour, Bahman Dadkhah, Mehdi Sahabi, Iraj Zand, Jahangir Shahdadi and Manocher Motabar. More photos: Honar Online
  10. “Delete”, photo and video art exhibition by Yekta Darvish at Jaleh Gallery.
    Interview (in Persian): honaronline.ir. More photos: Honar Online and ISCA News
  11. “Horses and smiles”, painting solo exhibition by Poorang Pirataei at Delgosha Gallery. Short info about the artist: theculturetrip.com. More photos: Honar Online
  12. Handmade Printmaking Woodcut Exhibition by Parvin Hani Tabaei at did Gallery. Bio: parihani.com. More photos: Honar Online
  13. Painting exhibition by Davood Emdadian at Hoor Art Gallery. Bio: hoorartgallery.com. More photos: Honar Online
  14. “Khaki & Light Cyan”, painting exhibition by Morteza Goudarzi Dibaj at Shirin Gallery. Bio (in Persian): hamshahrionline.ir. More photos: Honar Online
  15. “Circle of life”, painting exhibition by Mohsen Etemadifar at Negar Art Gallery. Bio: arthibition.net. More photos: instagram @mohsen etemadifar
  16. 3rd KARA Open Studio at Mohsen Gallery, BAAM project. Works by Rob Santaguida (Canada), Felippe Moraes (Brazil) and Naïmé Perrette (France), awardees of the third edition of Kooshk Artist Residency Award (KARA 2017) as the result of their one month stay in Kooshk in May 2017. Bios: R. Santaguida, F. Moraes, N. Perrette. More photos: Honar Online
  17. “Variations on an instrument of a human anatomy”, artworks by Payam Mofidi at Assar Art Gallery. Bio: assarartgallery.com and mim.gallery. More photos: Honar Online
  18. “The eye that sees series”, painting exhibition by Ahmad Morshedloo at Homa Art Gallery. Bio: assarartgallery.com and saatchigallery.com. More photos: Honar Online
  19. “New Era Pioneers”, group exhibition at Mojdeh Art Gallery. Rarely seen works by Sohrab Sepehri, Bahman Mohasses, Hossein Zendehrudi, Parviz Kalantari, Jazeh Tabatabi and many other artists. More photos: Honar Online
  20. “Naghsh Band”, group exhibition at Vista Art Gallery. Artists: Abolfazl Shahi, Zahra Ebrahimi, Iraj Eskandari, Neda Azami, Fereidoun Omidi, Samila Amir Ebrahimi, Masoud Babakhani, Ladan Borojerdi, Homayoun Salimi, Hamid Jafaree Shakib, Mehdi Hosseini, Setareh Hosseini, Behnam kamrani, Sorme Arab, Katayoun Golestanian, Navid Atrvash, Neda Ghayouri and Gizella Varga Sinaee. More photos: Honar Online
  21. Chalcography exhibition by Mahdieh Azizi Rad at Vista+. Bio: arthibition.net. More photos:  Honar Online
  22. Group exhibition at Behnam Daheshpour Gallery to raise funds for people with cancer. Works by Forugh Khoshnevis, Parvaneh Razzaqi, Mahta Moeini, Shahla Homayuni and other artists. More photos: Honar Online
  23. “Suddenly aged 84”, painting exhibition by Rafat Sarraf at Golestan Gallery. About the artist: Tehran Times. More photos: Honar Online and Mehr News Agency

Other sources: Honar Online (Shahroo Kheradmand, in Persian), Honar Online (Rafat Sarraf, in Persian), Ab/Anbar Art Gallery, Assar Art Gallery (P. Mofidi), Behnam Daheshpour Charity Organization, Golestan Gallery (R. Sarraf), Homa Art Gallery (A. Morshedloo), KARA 2017 Open Studio, Mohsen Gallery (V[!]ROLLURGY), Negar Art Gallery, Shirin Gallery (A. Bakhtiari Sanjabi), Tehran’s Art Center, Vista Art Gallery (M. Azizi Rad), Vista Art Gallery (Naghsh Band), facebook @AbSlashAnbar, instagram @a_art_gallery, instagram @assarartgallery, instagram @behnamcharity, instagram @delgoshagallery, instagram @Dena.gallery, instagram @did_gallery, instagram @homaartgallery, instagram @hoorartgallery, instagram @jaleh.gallery, instagram @mohsengallery, instagram @mojdeh_art_gallery, instagram @negar_art_gallery, instagram @shiringallerytehran, instagram @VistaArtGallery, Tavoos Online (A. Nadalian), Tavoos Online (K. Derambakhsh), Tehran Times (Behnam Charity), Tehran Times (New Era Pioneers), Poster (A. Morshedloo), Poster (Behnam Charity), Poster (D. Emdadian), Poster (Figure and figuration), Poster (KARA 2017), Poster (M. Etemadifar), Poster (M. Goudarzi Dibaj), Poster (New Era Pioneers), Poster (Pari Hani), Poster (V[!]ROLLURGY)

Strolling through Tehran’s art galleries – Part I

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Aria Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Aria Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Shokou Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit Honar Online
Emkan, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
O Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
O Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Atbin Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit. Farzan Ghasemi, Honar Online
Atbin Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit. Farzan Ghasemi, Honar Online
Jaleh Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Jaleh Gallery, Tehran, April 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Vista Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ramona Mirian, Honar Online
Roberoo Mansion, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Farzan Ghasemi, Honar Online
Roberoo Mansion, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Farzan Ghasemi, Honar Online
Roberoo Mansion, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Farzan Ghasemi, Honar Online
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Gata Ziatabari, Honar Online
Tehran’s Art Center, May 2017. Photo credit: Ramona Mirian, Honar Online
Tehran’s Art Center, May 2017. Photo credit: Ramona Mirian, Honar Online
Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit Ehsan Neghabat, Honar Online
Saless Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Saless Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Iranshahr Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Iranshahr Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Dena Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani
Dena Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani
Sareban Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Honar Online
Sareban Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Honar Online
Vali Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Vali Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Sharareh Samei, Honar Online
Fereshteh Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Fereshteh Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online
Fereshteh Art Gallery, Tehran, May 2017. Photo credit: Alireza Farahani, Honar Online

Overview

  1. “Journey to myself”, painting exhibition by Morteza Asadi in memory of Davood Emdadian at Aria Gallery. Bio: tavoosonline.com
  2. “Horn”, group painting exhibition at Shokou Gallery
  3. “Faraway”, photo exhibtion by Mohsen Shahmardi at Emkan. Bio: mohsenshahmardi.com
  4. “The earth”, selection of works on paper, sculptures and installation by Niloofar Lohrasbi at O Gallery. More: O Gallery (The Eart)
  5. “Dark evolution”, painting exhibition by Azin Rostami at Vista Art Gallery. More: Vista Gallery
  6. “The unseen”, collection of works by Nasser Ovissi at Atbin Gallery. Bio: galleryovissi.com
  7. “Eve’lution”, photo exhibition by Nazanine Ezdiari at Jaleh Gallery. Bio: mekicartgallery.com
  8. “Vacuum bag”, installation by Razieh Aarabi at Vista Art Gallery. More: Vista Art Gallery
  9. Painting exhibition by Alireza Esmaeli at Golestan Gallery. More: Golestan Gallery
  10. “Ghabaleh”, group exhibition curated by Mojdeh Atrak at RoBeRoo Mansion. Artists: Amirmasoud Agharebparast, Hoda Amin, Nazly Pourshirmohamad, Ehsan Tahvilian, Negin Haddadzadeh, Nojan Heydari, Zahere Donyadide, Ehsan Rooholamin, Ehsan Ziaee, Yookabet Farokhi, Zahra Ghyasi, Mahya Giv, Tarlan Lotfizadeh and Maryam Mostaghel
  11. Painting exhibition by Reza Hedayat at Shirin Gallery. More: shiringallery.com
  12. Painting exhibition by Nasser Azizi at Tehran’s Art Center. Bio: mahartgallery.com
  13. “Copy-Paste”, curated by Shahram Entekhabi at Azad Art Gallery. The exhibition intends to review the phenomenon of reproduction, replication and transcription in art.
  14. “Outer Facade, Inner Essence”, painting exhibition by Hadi Farahani at Golestan Gallery. Bio: iranian.com
  15. “Immigration postal boxes”, painting exhibition by Mehrshad Khosravi Yekta at Saless Gallery
  16. “Night, daylight twilight”, painting exhibition by Pariyoush Ganji at Iranshahr Gallery
  17. “Human is the difficulty of duty (1); Ability of loving and to be loved”, group multimedia exhibition curated by Farshid Parsikia at Dena Gallery
  18. “The shadow inside”, painting exhibition by Niloufar Qaderinejad at Sareban Gallery. More: Sareban Gallery
  19. “Girls of the turquoise land”, painting exhibition by Behzad Bozorgi at Valir Art Gallery.
    Bio: Vali Art Gallery
  20. “Typography”, group calligraphy exhibition at Fereshteh Art Gallery. Artists: Mohammad Ehsaei, Nasrolah Afjehi, Salar Ahmadian, Omid Khakbaz, Babak Rashvand, Alireza Saadatmand, Eineddin Sadeghzadeh, Mehdi Falah and Kiarash Yaghubi

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Orsi Khaneh – A’Design Award winner: Modern stained glass meets Iranian tradition (Photos)

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Orsi Khaneh Residential Apartment in Tehran, has won a bronze A’Design award in the category of Architecture, Building and Structure Design, 2015-2016.

Brothers Nima and Sina Keivani based the design of the seven-storey block on elements commonly found in traditional Iranian architecture. The architects particularly wanted to reinterpret the orsi window, a type of sash window with latticed woodwork and coloured glass typically used to help reduce sunlight and heat, and repel insects in the hot climate. This inspired the project name Orsi Khaneh.

The street-facing facade is made from a double layer of heat-treated timber, inset with panes of stained glass and planting that not only serve as a decorative element but also help to control temperature. Matching slatted sunshades can be raised over the windows to provide further control of sunlight.

The appearance is in part inspired by a pair of historic residences with intricately moulded and patterned facades – Borujerdi’s House and Tabatabaei’s House, located in the Iranian city of Kashan.

Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)
Orsi Khaneh by Keivani Architects in Tehran, Iran (Photo credit: Keivani Architects)

At the back of the building, recessed balconies overlooking a small ramped courtyard are framed in the same pale stonework. The courtyard provides access to underground parking and is decorated with mosaics that form grassy patterns. Wooden flower boxes are mounted on the walls surrounding it as well as sections of the facade, hinting at the vegetated roof terrace, which features manicured flower beds, an outdoor fireplace and a gazebo.

The building was designed in June 2013 and the construction works finished in September 2015 in Tehran.

Project credits:
Architect in charge and supervisor: Nima Keivani / Architect in charge: Sina Keivani
Client: Amir Abbas Taheri / Contractor: Mohammad Mashuf
Design associates: Ladan Mostofi, Akbar Khalaj
Architectural theory consultant: Alireza Kharazmi Nezhad
Ideogram: Maryam Sarshar / Mechanical consultant: Mehdi Bazargahi

Sources: dezeen.com, The Building Centre, iranian-architect.ir, A’ Design Award (interview), Wikipedia | Orsi window (in Persian), worldarchitecture.org, inhabitat.com

Tehran’s Niavaran Residential Complex – Keeping trees close to people (Photos)

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Designed by Iranian architect Mohammad Reza Nikbakht, Niavaran Residential Complex is located in Tehrans, Shemiran area. Shemiran, being spread along Alborz Mountains slope, used to be a summer resort of Tehran until 40 years ago due to its numerous gardens. Unfortunately, many gardens with old trees in the area have been destroyed by urbanization projects over the last century.

The parcel of land allocated to this project accommodates a number of these old trees too, whose conservation has been considered as the first priority in designing this complex. Mohammed Reza Nikbahkt took a different approach by building around existing trees in order to preserve them.

The 6 story building in Niavaran, northern Tehran, has been designed in 5 levels, each accommodating 6 residential appartments, and 3 lower floors for common facilities. The ground floor includes the entrance lobby, building managers office, ceremonies and gatherings hall. The first basement is mainly for a parking lot and store rooms, while the second basement, in addition to a parking lot, includes central heating room, swimming pool, Spa and the gym.

Niavaran Residential Complex by Mohammad Reza Nikbakht won the World Architecture Award (WA Award – Cycle 12).

Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photograph: Zandigan)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo worldarchitecture.org)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo credit Mohammadreza Nikhbat)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht
Niavaran Residential Complex by Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)
Niavaran Residential Complex by Iranian architect Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht (Photo designrulz.com)

Sources: Contemporary Architecture of Iran (more photos), greenprophet.com, worldarchitecture.org

Tehran was turned again into an art gallery (Photos)

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Tehran hosted for its second consecutive year “A Gallery as big as a City”, an art event that turns the Iranian capital into a city-wide gallery where large-scale reproductions of hundreds of well-known artworks – both Western and Iranian – hang randomly along the city’s main arteries.

800 copies of artworks by artists across the world have been put on display on 2000 billboards in Tehran. Some of the billboards are dedicated to pictures of objects of cultural heritage, such as reproductions of traditional Persian miniatures, carpets and calligraphy but other also to paintings of Iranian artists like Jafar Rouhbakhsh.

Two-third of the works are from Iran and the rest have been selected from the world’s major artists, some of which may be famous enough to be recognized by nearly half of the population, such as Van Gogh’s The Starry Night or Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Other international artists included are Americans Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, Austrians Egon Schiele and Joseph Anton Koch, Belgian René Magritte, British Lucian Freud, French Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse, Germans Käthe Kollwitz and Caspar David Friedrich and Paul Klee, Italians Leonardo da Vinci (The last supper), Giorgio de Chirico, Japanese Gyokusen (artist name: Gyokkei) and Katsushika Hokusai and Spanish Pablo Picasso.

Related article: The other Iran | Photos compilation: A gallery as big as Tehran

Sources: kojaro.com, IRNA, shahrekhabar.com, Tehran Picture Agency, Payvand Iran News 1, Payvand Iran News 2, Hamshari Photo Agency, Iran Economist, Etemad Online, zibasazi.ir 1, zibasazi.ir 2, zibasazi.ir 3, zibasazi.ir 4, zibasazi.ir 5, zibasazi.ir 6, Tehran Times, sothebys.com

 

Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival – Winners (Photos)

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The closing ceremony of 34th Fajr International Film Festival was held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. 150 international guests from 20 countries attended the festival, watched films and participated at different sections of the six day long event.

In the main competition section, “Rams”, a humanist drama by Icelandic director Grimur Hákonarson, won the Golden Simorgh for Best Film and its protagonists, actors Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theódór Júlíusson, shared the Best Actor award. “Frenzy” by Emin Alper from Turkey was awarded the Silver Simorgh for Best Director and Iranian actress Pantea Panahiha won the Best Actress award for her role in “Breath” by Narges Abyar.

Spanish film “Amama: When a tree falls” written and directed by Asier Altuna Iza won the Silver Simorgh for Best Script. “Arvand” by Iranian director Pouria Azarbayjani received the Special Jury Prize. “Seen” by Soheil Amirsharifi from Iran won the Best Short Film award.

In Eastern Vista Kazakh filmmaker Yerlan Nurmukhambetov received the Best Film Trophy for “Walnut Tree”. “Madam Courage” by Algerian director Merzak Allouache won the Best Director award. Iranian documentary “A157” by Behroz Nouranjipour received a Special Mention.

Winners of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Mitra Samavaki / Young Journalists Club)
Best Actress Silver Simorgh winner Pantea Panahiha for her role in “Breath” by Narges Abyar at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Mitra Samavaki / Young Journalists Club)
Music performance at the closing ceremony of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: IRNA)
Iranian director Mehdi Ghorbanpour winner of the Interfaith Award for “Zemnaco” at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Vahid Khodadi / Azad News Agency)
Interfaith Award Special Mention Diploma for “Hasti” by Iranian director Kamal Parnak at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Armin Karami / Fars News Agency)
“Love marriage in Kabul” directed by Amin Palangi was the winner in the Muhammad Al-Ameen category at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Vahid Khodadi / Azad News Agency)
“Walnut tree” by Kazakh director Yerlan Nurmukhambetov won the Best Film Trophy in the Eastern View section at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: IRNA)
“Madam Courage” by Algerian director Merzak Allouache won the Best Director Trophy in the Eastern View section at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Vahid Khodadi / Azad News Agency)
“A157” by Iranian director Behrooz Nouranjipour received a Special Mention in the Eastern View section at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Mahmood Hosseini / Tasnim News Agency)
Best Film Golden Simorgh was awarded to “Rams” by Icelandic director Grimu Hákonarson at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Ali Najib / ISCA News)
Best Director Silver Simorgh was awarded to “Frenzy” by Turkish director Emin Alper at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Vahid Khodadi / Azad News Agency)
Best Actress Silver Simorgh winner Pantea Panahiha for her role in “Breath” by Narges Abyar at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Vahid Khodadi / Azad News Agency)
Best Actor Silver Simorgh was shared by Icelandic actors Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theódór Júlíusson for ther role in “Rams” at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Ali Najib / ISCA News)
Best Script Silver Simorgh was awarded to “Amama: When a tree falls” written and directed by Asier Altuna Iza at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: IRNA)
Special Jury Prize Silver Simorgh was awarded to “Arvand” by Iranian director Pouria Azarbayjani at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Ali Najib / ISCA News)
Best Short Film Silver Simorgh was awarded to “Seeing” by Iranian director Soheil Amirsharifi at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, Iran (Photo credit: Babak Borzouye / Mehr News Agency)

“Zemnaco” by Iranian director Mehdi Ghorbanpour won the Interfaith Award. “Hasti” directed by Kamal Parnak from Iran and “Love Marriage in Kabul” by Australian filmmaker Amin Palangi received a Special Mention Diploma. His film was the winner in the Muhammad Al-Ameen section.

“Dawn” by Latvian director Laila Pakalnina was awarded the Trophy for Best Film and “Figura” directed by Katarzyna Gondek from Poland received the   Trophy for Best Short Film in the Art and Experience category.

The 34th edition of Fajr International Film Festival was held from April 20th to April 25th, 2016 in Tehran’s Charsou Cineplex, under supervision of Iranian filmmaker, Reza Mirkarimi, current Managing Director of Khaneh Cinema, Iran’s Alliance of Motion Picture Associations.

Sources: FIFF 2016, Azad News Agency, Borna News, Fars News, IRNA, ISCA, ISNA, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, Tasnim News Agency, Young Journalists Club

Iran’s Tehran Province: Park-e Shahr in Tehran

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Park-e Shahr, literally the City Park, is one of the oldest parks in Tehran, located just a few blocks north of the Grand Bazaar. The park covers over 25 hectares and, besides its 17.3 hectares dedicated to green space, it houses a lake, a library, a small aviary garden and a traditional restaurant.

The Tehran Peace Museum, a member of the International Network of Museums for Peace, is also located within Park-e Shahr. The main objective of the museum is to promote a culture of peace through raising awareness about the devastating consequences of war. The museum coordinates a peace education program that holds workshops on humanitarian law, disarmament, tolerance, and peace education.

Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency
Park-e Shahr (City Park) in spring – Photo: Hamed Farajollah / Tehran Picture Agency

Sources: Wikipedia | Park-e Shahr, The Culture Trip, Untold Iran, Tehran Picture Agency (TPA) 1, TPA 2, Wikipedia | Tehran Peace Museum

Fajr International Film Festival: Overview (Photos)

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A wide range of movies, documentaries and shorts by directors from around the globe were screened this April during the 34th Fajr International Film Festival.

Fifteen featured films competed in the official section, including “Guaraní” by Luis Zorraquín (Argentina, Paraguay), “1944” by Elmo Nüganen (Estonia, Finland), “El Clásico” by Halkawt Mustafa (Iraq, Norway), “Norfolk” by Martin Radich (United Kingdom) and “The Treasure” by Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania, France), the winner of the Prix Un Certain Talent prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. (Details: FIFF 2016 | International competition | Featured films)

This section also included eighteen short films from Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Iran, Ireland, Russian Federation, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and Venezuela. (Details: FIFF 2016 | International competition | Short films)

Directors Majid Majidi and Nasser Taqvai from Iran, Chinese filmmaker and producer Tian Zhuangzhuang, Spanish director José Luis Guerín, producers Ivo Felt from Estonia and Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan from Turkey and Canadian writer Emmanuel Prevost were the official competition’s jury members.

Eastern Vista, a segment dedicated to films from Asian and Muslim nations, included “Solomon” by Zaza Khalvashi from Georgia and “My Sister, the Pig Lady” by Jang Moon-il from South Korea. A jury formed by Iranian actress Golab Adine, Afghan filmmaker Sahra Karimi, Indian actor and producer Jaaved Jaaferi, French-Moroccan director Ismael Feroukhi and Italian writer Teresa Cavina selected the winners of Best Asian Film and Best Asian Director from a total of sixteen movies from twelve different countries. (Full list: FIFF 2016 | Eastern Vista)

Directors Andrew Lau from Hong Kong, Alexander Sokurov from Russia and French journalist and critic Jean-Michel Frodon attended the festival. Special Screenings, a section focusing on documentaries, presented Sokurov’s new feature, Francofonia and Jia Zhang-ke by Brazilian director Walter Salles, writtern by Salles and Frodon. (Full list: FIFF 2016 | Special screenings)

Ten films were screened outside competition, including “The Assassin”, a martial arts drama by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien and “Lamb” by American director Ross Partridge. (Full list: FIFF 2016 | Festival of Festivals)

The festival highlighted French cinema, as one of its side section programs, screening “The Fear” by Damian Odoul (2015), “Rabid Dogs” by Eric Hannezo (2015), “The Little Prince” by Mark Osborne (2015), “The Measure of a Man” by Stéphane Brizé (2015), “The Clearstream Affair” by Vincent Garenq (2014) and “Anton Chekhov 1890” Rene Feret (2015).

A restored version of Dariush Mehrjui’s acclaimed 1969 drama “The Cow” was screened along with “The Lover’s Wind” by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse (1978) and “The Country of Lion and Sun: Persia” by Vladimir Erofeev (1935). A photo exhibition with selected scenes of “The Cow” and “The Lover’s Wind” was also held at Charsou Cineplex.

A number of top Iranian cineastes, including Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi , actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, actor Reza Kianian and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Majid Majidi, have held a series of workshops on the sidelines of the festival. Over 100 students from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Iran attended the six-day workshop program entitled “Dar ul-Funun”, the name of the Iranian polytechnic established in 1851.

The 34th edition of Fajr International Film Festival was held from April 20th to April 25th, 2016 in Tehran’s Charsou Cineplex, under supervision of Iranian filmmaker, Reza Mirkarimi, current Managing Director of Khaneh Cinema, Iran’s Alliance of Motion Picture Associations.

Sources: Tehran Times, Fajr International Film Festival, kinokultura.com, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, Young Journalists Club (YJC) 1, YJC 2, YJC 3, YJC 4, YJC 5, YJC 6, Azad News Agency (ANA) 1, ANA 2, Borna News Agency (BNA) 1, BNA 2, BNA 3, BNA 4, BNA 5, BNA 6, Fars News Agency (FNA) 1, FNA 2, FNA 3, FNA 4, IRNA 1, IRNA 2, IRNA 3, IRNA 4, IRNA 5, IRNA 6. IRNA 7, IRNA 8, ISCA 1, ISCA 2, ISNA 1, ISNA 2, ISNA 3, ISNA 4, ISNA 5, ISNA 6, ISNA 7, Tasnim News Agency (TNA) 1, TNA 2, TNA 3, TNA 4, TNA 5, TNA 6, TNA 7, TNA 8, TNA 9, Borna News Agency (BNA) 1, BNA 2, BNA 3, BNA 4, BNA 5, BNA 6, Tehran Picture Agency (TPA) 1, TPA 2, TPA 3, TPA 4, TPA 5

Painting exhibition by Iranian students in Tehran

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“Jokal”, a national art festival organized by Tehran University of Art addressed to young artists, was launched at Pardis Mellat Gallery in Tehran.

The members of the jury, veteran Iranian artists Farah Ossouli, Behnam Kamrani, Babak Etminani, Masoumeh Mozaffari and Jamal Arabzadeh, selected 79 out of 1.212 submitted works.

Sources: Financial Tribune, Honar Online 1, Honar Online 2, Honar Online 3 (in Persian)

Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in Iran (Photos)

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Iranian Armenians rallied to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire, demanding the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian Genocide. In Tehran a memorial service was held at the St. Sarkis Cathedral.

Related article: The other Iran | Iranian Armenians rally in Tehran to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

Sources: Mehr News Agency, Azad News Agency, Jam-e Jam Online, Tasnim News Agency, Young Journalists Club

Photo Series: Sudden spring rain in Tehran

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Sources: Azad News Agency (ANA) 1, ANA 2, ISNA, IRNA, Fars News, Young Journalists Club

Photos: Earth Hour 2016 across Iran

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Tehran and other major cities like Rasht, Shiraz, Kerman, Ahvaz, Urmia, and Isfahan celebrated Earth Hour 2016. Iran has taken part of this universal movement, switching of the lights of important elements all over the country since 2011.

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. towards the end of March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. It was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide.

Related article: Photos: Earth Hour 2014 in Iran

Nature Bridge (Pol-e Tabiat) in Tehran, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: IRNA
Earth Hour 2016 in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Milad Tower (Borj-e Milad) in Tehran, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: Alireza Keikha / kojaro.com
Earth Hour 2016 in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Freedom Tower (Borj-e Azadi) in Tehran, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: IRNA
Freedom Tower (Borj-e Azadi) in Tehran, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: IRNA
Earth Hour 2016 in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: earth-hour.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Rasht, Iran – Photo credit: Photo credit: Pouya Bazargard / Gilnegah.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Rasht, Iran – Photo credit: Photo credit: Pouya Bazargard / Gilnegah.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Rasht, Iran – Photo credit: Photo credit: Pouya Bazargard / Gilnegah.ir
Earth Hour 2016 in Isfahan, Iran – Photo credit: earthhour.org
Naqsh-e Jahan Square (Shah Mosque) in Isfahan, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: IRNA
Naqsh-e Jahan Square (Ali Qapu) in Isfahan, Iran – Earth Hour 2016 – Photo credit: IRNA
Earth Hour 2016 in Isfahan, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA
Earth Hour 2016 in Shiraz, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA
Earth Hour 2016 in Shiraz, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA

Sources: earthhour.org, Wikipedia | Earth Hour, IRNA 1, IRNA 2, IRNA 3, earth-hour.ir, pgnews.ir, kojaro.com

Photos: Painted eggs across Tehran

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Hundreds of Nowruz eggs painted by Iranian artists were placed in five of Tehran’s parks (Mellat, Laleh, Abbas Abad, Park Shahr and Bagh-e Ferdows) during Baharestan, an urban art event to welcome spring as part of the Persian New Year celebrations. Charities have organized a workshop at the Iranian Artists’ Forum where visual artists and 120 children have painted Nowruz eggs.

Painted eggs symbolize fertility and are displayed on the Nowruz table, called Haft-Seen together with various other symbolic objects. In ancient times Zoroastrians painted eggs for Nowruz, their New Year celebration, which falls on the Spring equinox. Nowadays this Nowruz tradition is common to Iranians of Islamic, Zoroastrian, and other faiths.

Related article: Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran

Sources: Borna News, Fars News, ISNA, Tasnim News 1, Tasnim 2, Mashregh News, Wikipedia | Easter egg, Honar Online 1 (Persian), Honar Online 2, Honar Online 3, Honar Online 4, Honar Online 5, IRNA 1, IRNA 2, Tehran Picture Agency (TPA) 1, TPA 2, TPA 3, zibasazi.ir 1, zibasazi.ir 2, zibasazi.ir 3, zibasazi.ir 4, zibasazi.ir 5, zibasazi.ir 6, zibasazi.ir 7, Azad News Agency, Young Journalists Club (YJC) 1, YJC 2, ISCA News, Mehr News Agency

Photos: Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran

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Baharestan, a spring urban art event, has started as part of the Persian New Year celebrations. Projects by five hundred artists are being displayed until late April across the Iranian capital.

“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: BORNA News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Amir Kholousi / ISNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: IRNA
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Aidin Karimi / Honar Online
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: zibasazi.ir
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Arezoo Bayat / Azad News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Arezoo Bayat / Azad News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Mohammad Delkesh / Tasnim News Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency
“Baharestan” – Urban art event to welcome spring in Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency

Sources: Borna News, Fars News, ISNA 1, ISNA 2, IRNA, Honar Online (in Persian), Honar Online 2, Honar Online 3, Honar Online 4, Honar Online 5, Honar Online 6, Mehr News Agency, Tehran Picture Agency (TPA) 1, TPA 2, Azad News Agency, Tasnim News 1, Tasnim News 2, zibasazi.ir 1, zibasazi.ir 2, zibasazi.ir 3, zibasazi.ir 4, zibasazi.ir 5, zibasazi.ir 6, zibasazi.ir 7, zibasazi.ir 8, zibasazi.ir 9, zibasazi.ir 10, zibasazi.ir 11, zibasazi.ir 12, zibasazi.ir 13, zibasazi.ir 14, zibasazi.ir 15, zibasazi.ir 16, zibasazi.ir 17, zibasazi.ir 18, zibasazi.ir 19, zibasazi.ir 20, zibasazi.ir 21, zibasazi.ir 22, zibasazi.ir 23, zibasazi.ir 24, zibasazi.ir 25, zibasazi.ir 26, zibasazi.ir 27, zibasazi.ir 28

Snowboard freestyle competition in Tehran, Iran

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The Golden Games were organized for its second consecutive year at Tochal Ski Resort, Tehran.

Sources: Instagram @goldengames.ir, Tasnim News Agency,

Photo series: Winter in Iran – Youth Alpine Ski Championship in Tehran

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Tochal Ski complex hosted a competition attended by more than eighty young athletes.

Other winter photo galleries: The other Iran | Winter

Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency

Sources: Borna News Agency, Sport Tehran

‘Women without Men’ by Iranian artist Parastou Ahadi at Arte Gallery in Tehran

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Arte Gallery in Tehran hosted ‘Women without Men’, a solo photography exhibition by Parastou Ahadi.

Parastou Ahadi is an Iranian painter and illustrator born on April 19th,1982. She got a diploma in Mathematics in 2000 and received a B.A. in Graphic Design in 2006. Ahadi lives and works in Tehran, Iran. She is currently pursuing a M.A. in Dramatic Literature at University of Tehran.
More information: parastouahadi.com

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Sources: Honar Online, Facebook | Parastou Ahadi

‘Quantum Soup’ by Iranian artist Mohamadreza Ahmadi Monfared at Mohsen Gallery in Tehran

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Mohsen Gallery hosted ‘Quantum Soup’ a solo painting and drawings exhibition by M. Ahmadi Monfared.

“Quantum Soup, is an informal expression for the linking of all matter and energy in the universe, and Demiurge, in Platonic philosophy is not exactly the Creator but a figure who constructs the world especially by using triangles. These two entitle my last two series of paintings and drawings of recent years and in this exhibition.” — Mohamadreza Ahmadi Monfared, Fall 2015

Born in 1983 in Iran, Ahmadi Monfared lives and works as a painter and art teacher in Tehran. After graduating in 2007 with a M.A. in Painting at Tehran University of Art, he has held numerous group and solo exhibitions in Iran. More information: ahmadimonfared.com

Sources: Honar Online, Facebook | M Ahmadi Monfared, saatchiart.com | M. Ahmadi Monfared

Winners of the 32nd Tehran Short Film Festival (Photos)

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The winners were announced during the closing ceremony of Tehran’s 32nd Short Film Festival held at Andisheh Hall.

The jury members of the International Competition Section were Andrzej Bednarek from Poland, Matthias Flügge from Germany, Seigo Tono from Japan, Gipsy Chang from Hong Kong and Alireza Shoja Noori from Iran.

“A Warm Spell” by Toshimichi Saito from Japan received the Grand Prix of the festival. Best Fiction Film was awarded to “It Will Be Alright” by Patrick Vollrath from Austria. “Songbirds’ Shop” by Anatoliy Lavrenishyn from Ukraine won the Best Animation Award. Best Documentary was awarded to “Touch of Freedom” by Sardar Arshad Khan from Poland.

Jessica Dürwald from Germany received the Best Experimental Award for “Eat My Dream”, “Survival” by Masoud Hatami from Iran won the Special Jury Prize, “Electronic Town” by Tony Mullen from Japan was chosen as the Best Film from Asian Countries. Saeed Nejati from Iran received the Best Film from Islamic Countries Award for “Prohibition” and “Angelus Novus” by Aboozar Amini from Netherlands won the Best Anti-Violence Film Award.

Sources: Tavoos Online, Tehran International Short Film Festival, Fars News, ISNA 1, ISNA 2, Tasnim News, Mehr News

‘Haft Negah’: Selection of works by Iranian artists displayed at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran (Photos)

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The Niavaran Culture Center in Tehran hosted the 8th annual edition of Iran’s Seven Views (Haft Negah), an art expo coordinated since 2006 by seven major art galleries. A selection of paintings, sculptures and calligraphy works by about 400 contemporary Iranian artists were displayed during exhibition.

“Works by the giants of Iranian visual arts including Sohrab Sepehri, Mohammad Ehsai, Sedaqat Jabbari, Yadollah Kaboli, Ebrahim Haqiqi and Farah Osuli will be offered at reasonable prices,” said Lili Golestan, Secretary of Seven Views. According to Golestan, people’s trust in the galleries is one reason behind the success of Seven Views, while the reasonable prices also help.

Related article: The other Iran | Haft Negah art exhibition closes tomorrow (Nov 28th, 2014)

Source: Tehran Times, Honar Online

Mixed exhibition of Iranian and Western art at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (Photos)

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The exhibition, entitled ‘Towards the Ineffable: Farideh Lashai’, presents a collection of 130 works including paintings, glassworks, drawings and video arts. It will be on display through February 26, 2016 at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

Italian Germano Celant, Artistic Director of the Prada Foundation in Milan, co-curated the exhibition with the Iranian curator, architect, and filmmaker Faryar Javaherian. It marks the first time a non-Iranian curator of such stature has curated an exhibit at the museum since the revolution.

Javaherian and Celant have created an anthology of works by the Iranian modernist Farideh Lashai (1944-2013), who became one of Iran’s leading artists of the era. The Western works are being presented as context for Lashai’s retrospective. The intercultural exchange was achieved by hanging works by Western artists on gray walls, often across the room from Lashai’s works, which are hung on white walls.

Forty two works by Jackson Pollock, Alberto Giacometti, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly, Claude Monet, Willem de Kooning, René Magritte, and many others will surround Lashai’s art. Iranian artists are also represented, as works by Manoucher Yektai, Sohrab Sepehri, and Nasser Assar are included.

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Photo: Abdolvahed Mirzazadeh / ISNA

“I want to force the audience to see the context,” Celant said. “There’s a self-portrait by Farideh, and there’s a self-portrait by Giacometti. We’re trying to say, O.K., the identity of the Iranian art is related to another identity in the world. That’s a dialogue that needs to be established, and that’s my function as a non-Iranian curator.”

In addition, Catherine de Zegher, director of the Museum of Fine Arts Gent in Belgium, and Venetia Porter, the Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum participated at a one-day seminar held at the museum. Art critics and historians Media Farzin, Marjan Tajeddini and the curators also discussed and reviewed the exhibition at the seminar.

In October, the museum signed a tentative agreement with the German government to send 60 artworks from Tehran – 30 Western and 30 Iranian – to Berlin for a three-month show next fall, which would mark the museum’s first exhibition overseas.

About Farideh Lashai
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Farideh_Lashai.jpgBorn 1944 in Rasht, Farideh Lashai was among the most successful Iranian artists, writers and translators, best known for her abstract paintings. She studied art at the Academy of Decorative Arts in Vienna, Austria, and held over 100 solo and group exhibitions in Iran and many other countries, such as Italy, Germany, the US, Switzerland, Britain and France. After a long battle with cancer she passed away in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in 2013. She was 68 years old.

Lashai particularly won fame for her lyrical abstract paintings and multimedia installations that combined video projections and canvas works. Her works were mostly inspired by her personal experiences and modern Iranian art forms.

Sources: Tehran Times, Vanity Fair, IRNA, Tavoos Online, Honar Online 1, Honar Online 2, Honar Online 3, ISNA, The Telegraph

Photo gallery: Ski season started at Tochal Ski Resort in Tehran, Iran

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Tochal ski resort officially started this year’s autumn-winter season.

Tochal Complex, located on the northernmost part of Tehran, has been open to the public since 1978. The gondola lift, used for accessing ski resorts and other recreational centres on the mountain, has a length of 7500m. It starts at the Velenjak valley at an altitude of 1900m and ends at Station 7, at an altitude of 3740m, near the main ridge of Mount Tochal. The main ski slopes are located in Station 7 and due to its height they are covered with snow for more than 8 months of the year.

Tochal Mountain offers an unexpected array of outdoors activities –from hiking to skiing and is seen as one of the perfect places to escape the commotion of the city that lies below it; Tehran. There are various mountaineering routes across the rugged landscape, which cater to different levels of ability (and enthusiasm).

Sources: IRNA, ISNA, BORNA, Mehr News, Fars News, Young Journalists Club, Tehran Times (PDF), Wikipedia | Tochal Complex

Photo Series: Autumn in Iran – A rainy day in Tehran

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Iran’s capital, Tehran, with a population of around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area, is the largest city and urban area of Iran. The semi-arid climate of the city is largely defined by its geographic location, with the towering Alborz Mountains to its north and the central desert to the south. The weather is mild in spring and autumn, hot and dry in summer, and cold in winter. Because the city is large with significant differences in elevation among various districts, the weather is often cooler in the hilly north than in the flat southern part of Tehran.

Photo gallery: A rainy autumn day in Tehran’s Mellat Park

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Source: ISNA, Fars News, IRNA, Tasnim News, Wikipedia | Tehran

‘Curriculum Mortis’ by Iranian artist Barbad Golshiri in Tehran

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Aaran Gallery hosted one of Barbad Golshiri’s versions of ‘Curriculum Mortis’, that portrays concepts related to death and graveyards.

“I am a taphographer [1], I make grave markers, for the past fifteen years I take pictures of graves and burials and I make frottages on epitaphs of those eliminated only to distribute them. I have also made cenotaphs [2]. Memorials too, for the dead and the living. All these frame Curriculum Mortis. It is true to say that Curriculum Mortis  is not a series. I cannot make series.” […]
– Barbad Golshiri on the catalogue of the exhibition

About Barbad Golshiri
Barbad Golshiri is an Iranian contemporary artist, born in 1982 in Tehran, Iran. His father was Houshang Golshiri, a famous Iranian writer. He studied painting at The School of Art and Architecture, Azad University, Tehran. He has worked both as a media artist and a critic. He works with video, digital media, installation, photography, the internet, graphic novels and Lettrism. He won the third prize of the 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. (More information: Wikipedia | Barbad Golshiri)

To read the review of the New York Times (Sep 19th, 2013) of one of Barbad Golshiri’s versions of ‘Curriculum Mortis’ click here.

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[1] Tapographer: A tapographer is a copier of tombstones.
[2] Cenotaph: A cenotaph is an “empty tomb” or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere.

Sources: Honar Online, Instagram @aarangallerytehran, tandismag.com, Tehran Times, Aaran Gallery, Wikipedia | Barbad Golshiri, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Wikipedia | Cenotaph

‘Distant memories’ by Iranian artist Tara Behbahani in Tehran (Photos)

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Golestan Gallery hosted ‘Distant memories’, a painting exhibition by Tara Behbahani.

Tara Behbahani (born 1983) has been learning tricks and techniques of sculpturing with her mother, and painting with her father, who himself is one of the most famous contemporary artists, Taha Behbahani, since early childhood. She has been studied Art and Mathematics along side each other and after completing her university studies in Mathematics she started to research the relationship between art and geometry in Eastern Art.

She has participated in several exhibitions in Iran and abroad and has written about Islamic and Eastern Art in various magazines. For the past 12 years she has been teaching painting to youth and children.

Sources: tarabehbahani.com, mopcap.com, Honar Online, Instagram @tarabehbahani, Golestan Gallery

‘Emigrants’ by Iranian artist Shirin Ettehadieh in Tehran (Photos)

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Shirin Gallery hosted ‘Emigrants that carry away their memories’, a painting exhibition by Shirin Ettehadieh.

Autumn is the season of reminiscence, this time my paintings are the memory of flowers and the emigrants that carry away the memory of their homeland.
– Shirin Ettehadieh, Autumn 2015

Shirin Ettehadieh studied at École du Louvre in Paris. She has held exhibitions in France, Greece, the Netherlands and Switzerland, as well as numerous solo and group exhibitions in Iran.

Shirin Ettehadieh on Facebook, website

Sources: 360cities.net, Honar Online, Instagram @shiringallerytehran

Street Art in Iran: Mehdi Ghadyanloo (Photos & Video)

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Iranian Mehdi Ghadyanloo’s canvas is the skyline. His illusions create windows to other — more magical — worlds. Seeking to combine minimalist architectural spaces with surreal scenes from another universe, he has painted over 100 murals across the Iranian capital, giving unsuspecting drivers good reason to do a double take, as the fantasy blends in with the real.

Like exaggerated dream sequences, his images portray gravity-defying figures and portholes to other dimensions, all from altered perspectives that meld sky and structure.

About Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Mehdi Ghadyanloo is an Iranian painter, born 1980 in Karaj, Iran. He moved to the capital to study at Tehran University’s College of Fine Arts. He graduated with a BA in 2005 and subsequently earned a MA in film studies from Tehran’s Teachers College (Tarbiyat-e Modarres).

Known primarily for his gigantic trempe l’oeil [1] style murals in central Tehran, Ghadyanloo also creates small scale paintings, with surreal and minimalistic themes. Through his works, Ghadyanloo opens a window into the mood of life in Iran today. At the same time, he provides an autobiographical perspective, portraying the landscapes of his youth, his memories of Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), and his life experience in the Islamic Republic.

In 2015 he visited London for an exhibition of his “indoor” paintings, and painted murals there also, including one in Shoreditch.

A report from CNN about Mehdi Ghadyanloo:

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1. The Guardian | Tehran’s answer to Banksy: Mehdi Ghadyanloo hits Britain,
2. Howard Griffin Gallery | Artists | Mehdi Ghadyanloo
3. Urban Outfitters Blog | Artist of the week: Mehdi Ghadyanloo
4. Facelifting Tehran | One Wall at a Time: Interview with Mehdi Ghadyanloo

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[1] trompe-l’oeil: Art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

Mehdi Ghadyanloo on Facebook, Bēhance, Instagram and Twitter

Sources: CNN, Huffington Post, Howard Griffin Prints, Wikipedia | Mehdi Ghadyanloo, The Guardian, Facebook | Blue Sky Painters, Bēhance, fubiz.net, yourmiddleeast.com, Wikipedia | Trompe-l’oeil

International sculpture symposium in Tehran, Iran (Photos)

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The 7th International Sculpture Symposium of Tehran 2015, from September 23rd to October 16th, included a stone workshop, an iron workshop and an exhibition section and was subdivided into a main and a student competition category.

The jury of the symposium, with two Iranian and a foreign member, had selected works by 14 foreign artists from Russia, Belarus, Albania, Portugal, Italy, Serbia, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Peru, Bulgaria, Greece and Romania to participate in the event.

Sculptors from South Korea, Taiwan and Peru took home the first prizes. Su-Dong Cho from South Korea and Wu Ming-Sheng from Taiwan shared the first prize in the stone category. The second prize in the stone category was also shared by Mehdi Seifi from Iran and Stefano Grattarola from Italy. In the steel category Peruvian sculptor Pool Guillen won the top prize and Amir Vafai from Iran won the second prize.

‘First Efforts’ by Butrint Morina from Albania
‘Living History’ by Roland Hoft from Germany
‘Cubic#51020161’ by Thierry Ferreira from Portugal represents death

Sculptors, experts and artists gathered at Tehran’s Milad Tower to examine the art of sculpting in four panels. During the first part of the conference the artists, including Saeed Rafiee-Fard, Javad Hassanjani and Kianoosh Motaqedi, presented papers. The second part analyzed the works presented at the symposium.

To see pictures of the artists click here: IRNA | Artists at the 7th Sculpture Symposium

To see pictures of the award ceremony click here:
1. Mehr News Agency (photos)
2. Honar Online (photos)

Sources: Iran Daily, Borna News, IRNA, Tasnim News 1, Tasnim News 2, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, MNA 3, Honar Online, Tehran Press Agency (TPA) 1, TPA 2, Tavoos Online,

Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran in Tehran (Photos)

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The Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran is situated in a garden with a span of 7000 square meters. The building was constructed as a private residence about 90 years ago upon orders of Ahmad Qavam (Qavam-ol-Saltaneh). It later housed the Egyptian embassy and was converted into a museum in 1976 by three groups of Iranian, Austrian and French architects.

The museum’s main building, a two-storey octagonal construction with suspended pillars and a basement, occupies an area of 1040 square meters. Its architectural style is a combination of the traditional Iranian style and the European architecture of the 19th century.

The collection of glass and clay works that are on display at the museum is among the rare collections in Iran, mainly from Neishabur, Kashan, Rey and Gorgan. It comprises clay pots dating back from the 4th millennium BCE up to the present time as well as glass works from 1st millennium BCE up to the contemporary era. European glass works belonging to the 18th and 19th centuries are also parts of the collection.

Sources: Tehran Press Agency, Glassware and Ceramics Museum of Iran, Iran Chamber Society, Lonely Planet

‘Gate of Words’ by German artist Philipp Geist is lighting up the Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran (Photos)

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A performance consisting of projections of light titled ‘Gate of Words’ by German artist Philipp Geist is taking place at Tehran’s landmark Azadi Tower until October 5th.

The installation artistically visualizes the topics of freedom, peace, space and time in different languages. During the performance Azadi Tower is to become a three-dimensional light sculpture that can be crossed by visitors.

‘I tried to illustrate words one by one to make the reader pay more attention to them. Sometimes, words are legible and sometimes not. Using this method, I make great attempts to make each and every reader have his/her own interpretation of the subject,’ said the German artist.

Facts about Azadi Tower
– It is one of the most familiar landmarks of Tehran.
– The builduing includes a cultural centre with a library, a museum and several art galleries.
– The entrance of the tower is directly underneath the main vault and leads into the Azadi Museum on the basement floor.
– The main display is occupied by a copy of the Cyrus Cylinder (the original is in the British Museum).
– The monument acts as a grandiose gateway to the Iranian capital, and is surrounded by a large plaza (approx. 50,000 m²).
– Built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, this “Gateway into Iran” was named the Shahyad Tower, meaning “Kings’ Memorial”, but was dubbed Azadi (Freedom) after 1979. It is 50 meters (164 ft) tall and completely clad in cut marble.

Sources: Mehr News Agency, ISNA, IRNA, Borna News, Instagram @videogeist, Tavoos Online, Wikipedia | Azadi Tower

Tehran calligraphy show promoting Iranian calico art

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An exhibition of works by calligraphers Omid Ganjali and Mohsen Soleimani opened at Tehran’ Niavaran Cultural Center on Sunday to promote qalamkari, Iranian calico art that the artists believe is being forgotten.

The artworks were previously showcased at “From Earth to Heaven”, an exhibition that the Salam Art Creations Institute, a Tehran-based private organization developing Iranian arts, held at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul in July.

Photos by Mona Hoobehfekr for ISNA

All 30 calligraphy works are huge in size with designs of qalamkari done on their margins. Qalamkari is passing into oblivion in the country, Salam Art Creations Institute Managing Director Rafi Razavi told the Persian service of ISNA. The exhibition was organized to turn the spotlight on Iranian art, he added. “We need to take serious action to support artisans and masters who are still active in this field of time-honored art,” he stated.

The exhibition will run until August 25.

Sources: Tehran Times | Art Desk News, ISNA | Photos

German broadcaster, DW’s Dan Hischfeld, shares his experience in Tehran, Iran

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The taxi ride from the airport to the center takes about an hour. The first thing you notice is that something is missing. Even the rush-hour traffic lacks the chaos that we know from Arab countries and from mega-cities such as Bangkok or Mumbai. No weaving cars or pedestrians risking their lives to get to the other side of the street. Everything seems somehow European. […]

Friendly and helpful
Most of the population is under 30. They are not afraid of contact with strangers and welcomed me, the visitor from the West, with an openness and friendliness that would surprise even a well-traveled globetrotter. Strangers on the street invited me for tea. Someone offered me his mobile phone – me, a foreigner who had obviously got lost – so I could call my hotel. He even rang an acquaintance that spoke a smattering of English and might have been able to help me.

Tehran is a modern metropolis where I quickly felt at home. […] But I soon noticed I was in an Islamic country too. The subway carriages are divided by glass doors into male and female compartments – and of course I got in the wrong side! No problem, I just switched to the men’s section. But another passenger told me that hardly anyone paid attention to the segregation of the sexes in the metro anyway and that nobody got upset when someone sat in the “wrong” place. In fact, it’s a sort of protest.

Tradition and progress
There’s also a measure of public protest as far as Islamic dress code is concerned. In public, women in Iran have to wear the “hijab,” a kind of headscarf, or the black “chador,” which covers the entire body – only the face is left exposed. But I saw only a few women all dressed in black. And even the headscarf, which is supposed to cover the entire hair, tends to be worn in the capital as a scarf. If the religious police show up, then they say the wind has just blown it down.

Young women in particular love to wear pink jeans and modern-cut clothing. Tehran is undoubtedly a modern metropolis. And, although it seems quite normal to me as a European to see women sitting behind the wheel of their cars, compared to other Islamic countries, it’s quite progressive. In Saudi Arabia, a woman driving without special permission can be punished by caning.

Propaganda and censorship
Strolling through the city, I was enchanted by the beautiful ornate houses and palaces from the time of ancient Persia. Here I got an idea of how magnificent this country once was. But the people impressed me most. They have a huge interest in world events. Although anti-American propaganda is on walls and billboards everywhere, most people in Tehran think differently and talk openly in the restaurant in the evenings. Thanks to satellite TV (which is actually prohibited, but somehow everyone has it anyway) and the Internet (whose government firewall censorship can be circumvented in just a few clicks), many Iranians now have their own opinions on world events, corruption and politics.

Tourism as an opportunity
This country, where I encountered forests, deserts, beaches and high mountains, is just waiting to be discovered. In Tehran, for example, I took a cable car to more than 4,000 meters above sea level and experienced what climbers call “altitude sickness.” In any case, a week was far too short. For this country, you have to take your time. Or maybe just come back.

Source: DW | A trip to Tehran (Photos in the article)

Photos: Masoudieh Palace in Tehran, Iran

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Masoudieh Palace (Emarat-e Masoudieh) is a beautiful historical house from Qajar dynasty in old Tehran near Baharestan Square, comprised of a palace and surrounding houses.

It was built in 1879 for the prince Mass’oud Mirza (Zell-e Soltan) – the son of Nasseredin Shah and the governor of Isfahan – as his residence in the Capital. Spanning over an area of 5 hectares, the mansion was constructed in the middle of a garden.

The Masoudieh Mansion has been home to many events that changed the history of the country. It was fusilladed after an unsuccessful assassination of the Mohammadali Shah and was also one of the main gathering centers during the Persian Constitutional Revolution.

Besides its political importance, the mansion has served the country culturally. The first steps to form the National Library of Iran and also the National Museum of Iran were taken there. The first independent ministry of education of the country was also formed at the Masoudieh Mansion.

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Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Aref Fouladi
Photo by: Aref Fouladi
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Aref Fouladi
Photo by: Aref Fouladi
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Aref Fouladi
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam
Photo by: Masoud Moghadam

Sources: Iran Review | Enjoyable Moments in Tehran with a Cup of History, Dourbin.net (DIPA) | Masoudieh Palace, DIPA | Masoudieh Palace

Photos: Rehearsal of Tehran’s Symphony Orchestra

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“I walked on to the stage and the audience rose to its feet,” said Alexander Rahbari, the principal conductor. “I’ve performed for 40 years outside Iran and never seen a standing ovation before the performance. This was something totally different. It showed what having the orchestra back meant to them. I was close to tears.”

The photos were taken during rehearsals at Vahdat Hall, Tehran, before performing for the first time after three years.

Related article:
The Guardian | Tehran’s reborn symphony orchestra: an ovation before playing a note

Sources: Honaronline | Photos, musicboard.ir | News (in Persian)

2015 Tehran Auction: Sohrab Sepehri’s painting sold for $965k

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The fourth Tehran Auction has broken the all-time record of Iran’s art auctions thanks to the sale of a painting by Sohrab Sepehri for over $965,000 (€865,000), which brought the total revenue of the sales to over $7.25 million (€6.5 million).

The second most expensive sale of the event was another painting by the late Iranian poet and painter, which was sold for about $600,000. A total of 126 works by various artists, including Masoud Arabshahi, Mohammad Ehsaii, Jalil Rasouli, Behjat Sadr, and Parviz Kalantari went under the hammer.

The event, dubbed Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art Auction, was hosted by Iranian actor Reza Kianian at Tehran’s Grand Azadi Hotel.

Related articles:
The other Iran | 2014 Tehran Art Auction grosses over $4 million,
The Guardian | Tehran auction shifts millions of pounds worth of art in spite of sanctions

4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Showroom
4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Showroom
4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Photo by H. Khahi for ISNA
4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Photo by H. Khahi for ISNA
4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Photo by S. Padash for Fars News Agency
4th Tehran Auction (2015) – Photo by S. Padash for Fars News Agency
Massoud Arabshahi – Untitled
Aydin Aghdashloo – Enigma XXV
Abolghasem Saiedi – Untitled
Bahman Mohassess – Untitled
Behjat Sadr – Untitled
Ali Akbar Sadeghi – Love Garden
Jalil Rasouli – Divine Bird
Hossein Zenderoudi – Untitled
Parviz Kalantari – Untitled
Koorosh Shishegaran – Portrait
Mohammad Ghaffari (Kamal-al-Molk) – Untitled
Nikzad Nodjoumi – The Last Touch
Manouchehr Yektai – Untitled
Parviz Tanavoli – Monument I for Word Heech
Reza Derakhshani – The Red Cypress
Seyed Mohammad Ehsai – Affection
Sohrab Sepehri – Untitled
Sohrab Sepehri – Untitled

Sources: Press TV | Iran | Culture, IRNA | Photos, ISNA | Photos, Fars News Agency | Photos, Tehran Auction | 2015 Lot

Photos compilation: A gallery as big as Tehran

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In a project, called ‘A Gallery As Big As a Town’, aiming to encourage people to visit museums, the city’s billboard ads were home for artworks by renowned local and foreign artists for 10 days, turning the Iranian capital into a giant urban art gallery.

There were more than 1,500 billboards dotted across the capital’s streets, displaying a total of 700 works that also included reproductions of traditional Persian miniatures, carpets, calligraphy and various other art pieces.

Iranian artworks were selected from different periods of Islamic and pre-Islamic arts including potteries, glassware, etc. and contemporary and modern period which displayed works by Kamal-ol-Molk and his students.

Related articles:
The Guardian | Tehran swaps ‘death to America’ billboards for Picasso and Matisse
The New York Times | Suddenly, Tehran’s Mayor Becomes a Patron of the Arts
The Huffington Post | Tehran Becomes Giant Open-Air Art Gallery

Sources: Mehr News Agency | News, Tehran Picture Agency 1, Tehran Picture Agency 2, Mehr News Agency | Photos, Tasnim News Agency | Photos 1, Tasnim News Agency | Photos 2

German guitarists joined tar virtuoso Keyvan Saket in Tehran concert

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Seventeen guitarists led by conductor Helmut Oesterreich and supported by German’s Goethe Institute joined Iranian tar and setar virtuoso Keyvan Saket to give a fusion concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

The program was composed of three sections, the first contained compositions from the Baroque and Renaissance eras. In the second part Keyvan Saket accompanied the group as a soloist. The fusion concert “Meeting East and West in Mirror of Tar and Guitar” had Keyvan Saket, the orchestra and the guitarists performing together on the third section.

Other Germany related articles: https://theotheriran.com/tag/germany/

Sources: Tehran Times | News, Mehr News Agency | Photos, Honaronline.ir | News (in Persian)

Photo and cartoons exhibition in Tehran reviews urban space

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Over 200 works are currently on display at the Iranian Artists Forum on a showcase entitled Exhibition of Urban Space and Structures.

The exhibit, which aims to lay the groundwork for further urban aesthetics and a safer environment, will end on May 30.

Sources: Tavoos Online | News, Mehr News Agency | Photos

5th International Urban Film Festival underway in Tehran, Iran

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Tehran, Iran - 5th International Urban Film Festival 1 - PosterIran’s 5th International Urban Film Festival is running from May 24 to June 2 in eleven movie theaters across Tehran.

More than 360 productions will take part in this year’s national and international competition sections, presenting short and feature-length films, as well as documentaries and animations from Iran, China, Egypt, the US, Britain, Palestine, Switzerland, Italy, Serbia and other countries.

The festival is also holding filmmaking, cinematography and scriptwriting workshops for cinema enthusiasts of all ages.

International cineastes Krzysztof Zanussi, Dina Iordanova, Deborah Young and Caroline Otto are scheduled to hold several master classes at the Mellat Cinema Complex during the 5th International Urban Film Festival.

Zanussi, 76, is a renowned Polish filmmaker and screenwriter. Zanussi, whose work was noticed during his activities in the amateur film movement in the 1950s and 1960s, is also a professor at the Silesian University in Katowice.

Iordanova, a professor of film studies at University of St Andrews, focuses on transnational cinema, global film industries and film festivals, as well as on Eastern European and Balkan cinema.

American film critic Young is an editor of the Hollywood Reporter, and Film Comment Magazine. Based in Rome, Italy, she has reviewed films from around the world since the 1990’s, when she was appointed Rome bureau chief for Variety.

Active as a screenwriter and director Otto is a member of the Federation of Scriptwriters in Europe (FSE). She was also the head of the script funding commission of the German film board during 2009-2013.

Sources: Press TV | News, Tehran Times | News

Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers displayed at Tehran exhibit

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The exhibition took place at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran and displayed fresh look at the typography, posters and contemporary Swiss design.

There were works by a number of Swiss graphic designers on display, including Flavia Cocchi, Nadine Kamber, Claude Kuhn, Felix Pfäffli, Melchior Imboden, Erich Brechbühl, K. Domenic Geissbühler, Megi Zumstein, Claudio Barandun, Jean-Benoit Levy and Roger Pfund.

Iranian artists Ebrahim Haghighi, Ghobad Shiva, Amrollah Farhadi, Saeed Babavand and Ambassador of Switzerland to Iran Giulio Haas attended to the opening ceremony.

Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015 (Photos: IAF / Leila Ebrahimi)
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015 (Photos: IAF / Leila Ebrahimi)
Contemporary posters by Swiss graphic designers exhibition – Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, 2015 (Photos: IAF / Leila Ebrahimi)

Sources: Tehran Times | News, Mehr News Agency | Photos, Iranian Artists Forum | Gallery (Photos: Leila Ebrahimi), Iranian Artists Forum | News (Photos: Leila Ebrahimi), Mehr News Agency | News

Photos: Women polo competition in Tehran, Iran

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The Shirin Cup, a four team women polo tournament, is taking place on May 14 and May 21 at the Qasr-e Firoozeh Complex in Tehran. The referee of the competition is Tomás Guillermo Asher, coach and international referee from Argentina.

On Thursday, Khargoosh Darreh defeated Norooz Abad 3 to 2 and Qasr-e Firoozeh lost against Kanoon 1 to 5. The final round, on May 21, will have Kanoon facing Khargoosh Darreh for the first place of the tournament, while Qasr-e Firoozeh and Norooz Abad will be competing for the third place.

Another tournament, the Adab Polo Cup, was organized in March 2014, between Qasr-e Firoozeh and Norooz Abad, to enhance the handicap of novice women polo players. Qasr-e Firoozeh achieved first place winning 5 to 2.

Sources: Mehr News Agency | Photos 1, Mehr News Agency | Photos 2, Polo Federation of Iran | News 2015.05.17, Polo Federation of Iran | News 2014.03

Photos: Graduation ceremony of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran

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The graduation ceremony took place this month at Tehran’s Milad Tower.

Sharif University of Technology (SUT) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran, known traditionally to be first choice of top ranked Iranian high school and university students in engineering and physical sciences.

Undergraduate admission to Sharif is limited to the top 1 percent of students who pass the national entrance examination.

The university was founded in 1966 with the name Aryamehr Technical University by Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi. At that time, there were 54 faculty members and a total of 412 students who were selected by national examination. Also only four departments were established: Electrical, Metallurgical, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering. Following the 1979 revolution the university was named after Majid Sharif Vaghefi, a former student who was killed in 1975.

Today the university has grown to an elite school with over 9000 students, 700 of whom are studying for a doctorate, and over 500 faculty members in 15 main departments. Funding for Sharif University is provided by the government and through private funding. The main campus of the university is in Tehran and it has also an International Campus on Kish Island.

Sharif University is known for its large number of alumni who join the academic world. Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win the Fields medal (the ‘Nobel Prize’ of mathematics), is an alumni of Sharif University. Other notable alumni from SUT: Wikipedia | SUT | Notable alumni

Further read: The other Iran | Graduation ceremony at Amirkabir University of Technology

Sources: Tasnim News Agency | Photos, Sharif University of Technology, Wikipedia | Sharif University of Technology

Photos: Iran’s rowing team training at Azadi’s Sport Complex Lake

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On another note, tests were held today to determine the best members of the kayak youth national team. After three competition rounds Mohammad Javad finished first with 37 points, second was Alireza Farmandeh (30pts) and third Mohammad Golpirah (29pts).

Below photos of Iran’s national rowing team training training at Azadi’s Sport Complex Lake:

About the Azadi Sport Complex
The Azadi Sport Complex (formerly Aryamehr Sport Complex) was designed by Architect Abdol-Aziz Farmanfarmaian and constructed by Arme Construction Company for the 7th Asian Games in 1974 with international criteria. It is located on a 450 hectares areal in West Tehran.

It is Iran’s national sports complex comprising following facilities: Azadi Stadium, Velodrome, Indoor Stadium, Swimming Pool Hall, Five Halls Complex (for indoor sports like Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling…), Shooting Complex, Artificial Lake, Driving Court, Tennis Courts, Equestrian Court, Karting Court, Baseball Court, Azadi Football Training Pitches and the Olympic Hotel Tehran.

Sources:  IRNA | Photos, Wikipedia | Azadi Sport Complex, Wikipedia | Azadi Stadium | History, ICF (Iran Canoeing, Rowing & Sailing Federation) | News

Photos: BMX Competition at Ghaem Park in Tehran, Iran

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The 1st official BMX Competitions at Tehran’s Qaem (Ghaem) Park was held on May 8th.

Qaem Park is located in Tehran’s 18th district covering an area of 50 hectares. It has a children’s playground, an artificial pond and hosts various types of trees (orange, elm, cedar, maple and olive trees, mulberries, acacia, pines, etc.)

Sources: Mehr News Agency | Photos, Tehran Municipality | Parks, Tehran Tochal International Trade | Projects: Ghaem Park

Iran’s Tehran Province: Chitgar Lake (photo gallery)

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Chitgar Lake is an (artificial) recreational lake located in the north of Chitgar Park, north-west of Tehran City, Iran. Also known as the Lake of the Martyrs of the Persian Gulf, this complex has a total area of about 250 hectares; 130 hectares across the lake and 120 hectares on its coastal zone and resorts.

About 80% of the lake water comes from the Kan Creek. The remaining 20% comes from central areas and surface runoffs of the district.

History
Back in 1968 it was planned to construct a lake in western Tehran but due to technical and budgetary constraints the construction of the lake remained dormant for many years. From 2003 to 2010 were the uncertainties of the plan reviewed and operations of the lake area started in September 2010. The operations of the coastal zones started in June of 2012.

Photo by E. Rafati
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Interesting locations near Chitgar Lake
Chitgar Forest Park , Letmal-e Kan Forest Park, Eram Park, Chahar Bagh, the Azadi Sport Complex, Chitgar Equestrian Complex, Alborz waterfall (Abshar-e Alborz) and Kan Creek

Sources: Wikipedia | Chitgar Lake, Tehran Picture Agency | Chitgar Lake (photos by E. Rafati), tishineh.com | Tehran | Persian Gulf Martyrs Lake (Chitgar), ISNA | Photos 1 (by B. Ghasemi), ISNA | Photos 2 (by B. Ghasemi), Farhang News | Persian Gulf Martyrs Lake

Photos: The 28th International Book Fair kicked off in Tehran!

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The event started on Wednesday May 6, in a 120,000 square meter venue at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla, and will continue until May 16, 2015.

Over 2800 publishers from Iran and 65 other countries have presented their latest publications at the fair. 300,000 Iranian books and 160,000 non-Iranian books were presented this year. The foreign publishers substantially offer their materials in English or Arabic however titles in French, German, Chinese, Korean or Japanese are also available.

Millions of visitors inspect the fair every year, including thousands of university students, scholars and families. It is currently the most significant cultural event in Iran as well as one of the most significant events of its kind in Asia and the Middle East. Heads of international book fairs from Oman, this year’s special guest, Paris, Bologna, Moscow, and other places are attending the 28th edition of TIBF.

Hundreds of cultural projects are carried out during the event as sidelines activities, including book review sessions, face-to-face meetings with Iranian authors, lecture sessions, and writing workshops.

Monday May 11, 2015 has been designated as Day of Africa  at the 28th TIBF. To mark the day, African exhibitors will hold an array of cultural programs. As part of the programs, a panel discussion will be staged in the TIBF section of Men of Letters’ House on existing cultural exchanges between Iran and African nations, sponsored by friendship associations established among Iran and a number of African nations, namely Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Comoros.

The works of illustrators participating at the 52nd Bologna International Children Book Fair will be displayed in an exhibition titled “Tehran-Bologna 2015”. According to IBNA (Iran’s Book News Agency), the illustrations which participated in the latest Bologna Children Book Fair as well as the illustrations by Roger Mellow, the winner of 2014 Hans Christian Anderson Award, will be showcased. Moreover, the works of the Iranian illustrators whose works have participated in the editions of Bologna Fair during the last 10 years are going to be put on public display in this event.

Oman’s stand at TIBF 2015. Oman is this year’s guest of honor

Tehran Metro and the public bus service boosted their cooperation during the 28th TIBF to facilitate the transportation of the visitors. Extra trains are being used and the arrival times of the trains is also reduced to 5 minutes at the weekends. The subway is deploying its maximum manpower particularly at the Beheshti and Mosalla stations, said Mohsen Nayebi, Head of Tehran urban and suburban Railway Operation Company. Public buses, dedicated particularly to transportation of the Book Fair visitors, are plying between the venue and the city’s main squares.

Sources: TIBF on Instagram, TIBF Official Site | News 1, TIBF Official Site | News 2, Tasnim News Agency| Tehran International Book Fair, Press TV | Tehran International Book Fair, irib.ir | Photogalleries, Tehran Municipality | News 1, Tehran Municipality | News 2,Expo Road | Tehran International Book Fair, Mehr News Agency | Photos by H. Razaqnejad , Tasnim News | Photos by M. Hassanzadeh, IRNA | Photos 1, IRNA | Photos 2, ISNA | Photos by A. Khosroshahi

The Tehran Graphic Design Week 2015 started!

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The Tehran Graphic Design Week 2015 started on April 26 at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) as tens of graphic art enthusiasts demonstrated support for the event by gathering outside the venue under the slogan “Graphic Art Needs Promotion”.

“Graphic designs are with us wherever we go. From the moment we wake up, graphic designs are before us telling us what to wear and what is attractive,” said graphics expert Akbar Alemi, a member on the selection committee and the ceremony host.

The head of Iran Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) Ali Rashidi said the extensive world of graphics can offer more than posters and logos and called for Iran to advance in all areas of this pragmatic form of art, Mehr News Agency reported. He took note of “motion graphics and economics of art” as two key areas of IGDS focus this year, and said “this society aims to promote non-still (non-print) graphics.”

French graphic designer Ruedi Baur, who was a guest invitee, said “motion graphics cannot be defined as they are out of our control”. Australian designer Ken Cato opposing the view, stated that motion graphics “even defines throwing up your business card up in the air,” and to prove a point, he did just that.

An introduction to motion graphics and its applications on DVDs was unveiled by Mahdi Mahdian, secretary of the event.

In addition to the two international guest invitees, a number of renowned figures attended the function, including graphic designers Ghobad Shiva, Majid Balouch, Amrollah Farhadi, Mostafa Asadollahi, typography designer Masoud Sepehr, and calligrapher Bahram Kalhornia.

The Tehran Graphic Design Week usually kicks off every year around the World Graphic Design Day which is on April 27. The Tehran Beautification Organization, Contemporary Art (Honar Moaser) Publications and Sepia Co. cooperated with IGDS running the event.

According to Mehdi Mahdian the works exhibited were selected by a committee composed of Akbar Alami, Bahram Azimi, Reza Alavi, Mehrdad Sheikhan and Amir Mohammad Dehetani.

Tehran Graphic Design Week 2015 features various programs such as commemoration of a veteran artist and exhibition of works by two international graphic designers. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art displays works by graphic designers Rudie Baur from France and Ken Cato from Australia in separate exhibitions.

Tehran Graphic Design Week 2015 runs for one week in the Iranian Artists’ Forum located on Musavi St., off Taleqani Ave, Tehran.

Program (in Persian): Iranian Graphic Design Society | Graphic Design Week 20015 – Program

Sources: Culture and Heritage National Agency, Tavoos Online, Tehran Times, ISNA | Photos

Iran’s Tehran Province: Persian Garden Park in Tehran – Part 2

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Here the second batch of pictures of the Persian Garden Park in Tehran. Enjoy!

The Persian Garden Park is a 3.4ha (8.4 acres) areal in Tehran that was designed based on the pattern of a Persian Garden.The reconstruction project planned passages for the disabled and dedicated 2.5ha (6 acres) to green spaces, preserving the old trees and planting new species. The park has six fountains, a restaurant and tea house, a public library, a children’s playground and other facilities.

More information and photos:
The other Iran | Iran’s Tehran Province: Persian Garden Park in Tehran – Part 1

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Sources: TEHRAN Picture Agency | Growing tulips in the Persian Garden, TEHRAN Picture Agency | Persian Garden on a rainy day, Tasnim News | Photos