Art news in brief

Works by Iranian photographers showcased at Boston gallery

TEHRAN – A joint exhibition displaying staged and documentary photographs by Iranian artists Shadi Ghadirian and Tahmineh Monzavi is currently underway at the Robert Klein Gallery in Boston.

 

Works from Ghadirian’s series “Be Colorful” and “Qajar”, and three collections from Monzavi’s projects “Tina”, “Brides of Mokhber al-Dowleh”, and “Mirrors of Mashhad Bazar” have been selected for the exhibition, which runs until March 28.

 

“The Cat and the Moon” hits Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “The Cat and the Moon”, a play by Irish writer William Butler Yeats, has been recently published in Iran.

 

Written in 1919 when Yeats was in his mid-50s, “The Cat and the Moon” tells the story of two beggars, one blind and one lame, who visit a sacred well in order to be cured of their disabilities. 

 

The one-act comedy was translated by Farid Qadami into Persian and published by the Tehran-based publishing house Afraz.  

 

 

Tehran gallery displays film photos by Babak Borzuyeh

TEHRAN – An exhibition displaying photos of ten Iranian movies by Babak Borzuyeh opened Saturday at the gallery of Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex.

 

Photos from director Masud Kimiai’s “Verdict”, “Crime”, and “Metropole”, and Puran Derakhshandeh’s acclaimed drama “Hush! Girls Don’t Scream” and several other films are on show at the exhibit, which runs until March 9. 

 

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