Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009. Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of ...

Artist to unveil installation exploring nature, spirituality and the country’s layered cultural history ...

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, ...

The Umayyad desert castles are often described as mere stopovers or hunting lodges, but Quseir ‘Amra is something far more profound. It is a physical manifestation of the imagination of Caliph ...

This week, the Dallas Museum of Art opened its Keir Collection Gallery, and in doing so it’s exhibiting more than the third largest collection of Islamic art in North America: It’s also exhibiting a ...

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 ...

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 ...

At Hauser & Wirth gallery in London, the Somali-born, New York-based artist Uman is exhibiting her latest works. Here’s what she told me about the nostalgic roots of her painting practice → Portrait ...

As for exhibitions tackling food as an artistic theme, there’s always something simmering. A quick search returns results for “Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism” at ...

"A Banquet Scene with Hormuz" (c. 1485–95), folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, Iran, Shiraz (© Museum Associates/LACMA) LOS ANGELES — Food has played a central role in ...