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Project

  • TEHRAN.(Iranart) - A group exhibition by Iranian artists, titled For Saving Children, is underway in Mellat Cineplex until December 15. A number of painters and gallery owners are behind the charity project to raise funds for children suffering from primary immunodeficiency diseases.

  • TEHRAN.(Iranart) - Classical vocalist Homayoun Shajarian and composer Sohrab Pournazeri have staged a multimedia performance based on the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the epic poem written by celebrated Persian poet Ferdowsi (940-1020), at Sa’dabad Complex in Tehran. The multimedia project was titled ‘Si’ (30 in Persian). The number refers to an introductory verse attributed to Ferdowsi, explaining about the long, arduous and exhausting work of composing and compiling the poem which comprises some 100,000 verse lines. The stories featured were ‘Rostam and Esfandyar,’ Rostam and Sohrab,’ and ‘Zal and Rudabeh.’ The stories were played by Sahar Dolatshahi, Bahram Radan, Mehdi Pakdel, Banipal Shomoun, Hossein Soufian, and Saber Abar.

  • Entitled The Vacants, a collection of photographs by Azadeh Behkish is showing at the Gallery of Freelance Designers (Tarrahan-e Azad) in Tehran.