Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing two historical Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad in her global survey ...
This week has seen one of the busiest London Islamic seasons to date with twelve auctions, with traditional divisions overlapping and with renewed demand for the sometimes culturally sensitive area of ...
The Detroit Institute of Arts’ new exhibition of Islamic art fills the walls and vitrines of eight dramatically lighted galleries with beautiful bowls, glassware, utensils, paintings, centuries-old ...
Shahzia Sikander is one of the contemporary art world's most celebrated stars. She's projecting her hypnotic video installations onto Times Square billboards; she's led exhibitions at major art ...
Inside the more than 6,000 square feet of new permanent gallery space at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston dedicated to Art of the Islamic Worlds. For more than a decade, the Museum of Fine Arts, ...
Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009. Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of ...
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 Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon (all photographs courtesy Harout Bastajian, and used with permission) At the center of downtown Beirut is ...
This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will unveil a new show of over 100 Iranian artworks dating from the 6th to the 19th century. The exhibition, titled “Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces From ...