In 2019, the Floating Museum introduced the world to an inflatable monument named “Founders,” a sculpture that featured four visages — interpretations of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable; his wife, ...
Over 100 years ago, cousins Susie Keef Smith and Lula Mae Graves embarked on numerous explorations of the desert between Mecca and Blythe, documenting what they encountered with photographs. Both ...
"Like few other cities on earth, Mecca seems to buckle under the weight of its own dramatic symbolism." Printed on a grand scale, these words of Saudi artist Ahmed Mater pop off the walls of the ...
In a landmark cultural moment for Islamic arts and history, the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira Cultural District has opened a special display featuring a folio from the legendary ‘Blue Quran’ ...
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One man’s trash is a community’s treasure opening a window on the Coachella Valley’s early days. “Postcards from Mecca,” the current La Quinta Museum exhibit, is a display of photos from the eastern ...
A rare copy of the Quran, handwritten in 19th-century India, has gone on display at the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira ...
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will take over a spot in Exposition Park where USC fans previously enjoyed tailgating before Trojans games. “Our site used to be asphalt,” said museum director and ...
Beer lovers, rejoice! Plans are brewing for the mecca of beer museums to land in San Diego. The founders say this isn't your parents’ museum. The San Diego Museum of Beer will be Instagram-able and ...
From the 9th Century to Today: The Blue Quran Finds a Home in Mecca Museum In a landmark cultural moment for Islamic arts and history, the Holy Quran Museum in Mecca’s Hira Cultural District has ...
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