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What Cannes 2026 Revealed About the State of Global Culture

A cultural essay exploring the films, ideas, and tensions that defined Cannes 2026.

Painting

Daryoush Gharahzad

Daryoush Gharahzad was born in 1976 in Tehran. After finishing high school, he started pursuing his passion and took classes by the masters of painting.

Music

Mehrdad Shahsavarzadeh

Mehrdad Shahsavarzadeh is an Iranian Musician, Persian pop singer, composer and Piano player. He was born in Khoramshahr on 15th

Design, Event, Graphic Design, Uncategorized

Award winning designer, Reza Abedini, Born in 1967 in Tehran. He graduated in graphic design from the school of Fine Arts and continued his BFA. in Painting at Tehran University – Art Faculty. He's been working as a professional global Graphic designer since 1989. He opened Reza Abedini Studio in 1993 in Tehran.

Couture, Fashion, Interview, Photography

Interview with Babak Fatholahi

Babak Fatholahi is a Portrait Photographer. Born in 1990 in Tehran-Iran, Babak moved to Europe, and after a couple of years of practicing and working internationally, he started to work as a solo portrait photographer in 2013.

Theater, Video

Hamid Pourazari

Born on August 5th, 1968 in Rey – Iran. Graduated from Tehran Azad University in Theater. Member of the board of Iranian theater Forum. Member of the board of directors of the Iranian Theater Forum. Theater and Acting Instructor.

Contemporary Theater, Theater, Video, Video Art

INDRA

”INDRA Theater Group” is a Tehran based theater group, which was founded by Atefeh Tehrani in 2008.

Interview, Music, Uncategorized

Interview with ICOT

ICOT was founded by five Toronto-based composers and musicians in 2011 with the mission of creating new works that bridge Canadian and Iranian culture through music and art.

Event

4th Tehran Auction

Tehran Auction sells about $6.5m, setting new record for Iranian art sale

Interview, Painting

Interview with Yari Ostovany

Born in Iran in 1962, Yari Ostovany moved to the United States at the age of 16 and pursued his studies in Art first at the University of Nevada - Reno and then at the San Francisco Art institute where he received his MFA in 1995.

Celebrity

Mohammad Ali Sepanlou

Prominent Iranian poet and literary critic passed away on May 11, 2015

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Behzad Bolour | The Last Nomad of Persian Sound

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