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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

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