Islamic art — not often seen in museums and galleries in this country — is the focus of an exhibition designed to enhance understanding among different cultures and to showcase deserving talent and ...
THE Holy Quran has been approached from many perspectives: linguistic, liturgical, historical, exegetical, sociological, psychological, anthropological, aesthetic etc. The more perspectives one brings ...
Saliha Hanif and Asma Mehmood are artists of Pakistani origin, based in Dubai, represented by OneFourArt Gallery, a ...
When I asked my students why should we care about Islamic art, baffled by the question in an art history course, they answered “because they are objects of art that carry beauty.” Yet, as we well know ...
Bound and printed on the page, the Quran appears in black and white. But Warris Mahmud sees it in reds, greens and golds. "The Quran is such a beautiful book of verse," said Mahmud, a calligraphy ...
In Athens’ old city, the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art stands as a testament to the cultural bridge between Greece and the rich artistic traditions of the Muslim world. Since 2004, the museum has been ...
When Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosted the Iranian Film Festival in 2006, patron Sima Ladjevardian posed a question to MFAH's then-director Peter Marzio: "What kind of Iranian art do you have?'" she ...
Zohran Mamdani borrowed a historic Quran from the Schomburg Center for his inauguration, now on view at the New York Public ...
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, a special look at art in the Muslim world. It’s always had limits because the Qur’an’s rejection of all forms of idolatry has been interpreted as a ban on any ...
The new exhibit “In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art” is the culmination of four years of work by LACMA’s Islamic art curator, Linda Komaroff. Assembling ...
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will be the sole North American venue for an exhibition titled, “Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity,” which will open May 14 and run through September 18.
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