Journey across AlUla as it celebrates Islamic art—a now instantly-recognized artistic tradition that can be traced all the way back to it's Arabian roots. In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic ...

Other modern standouts include starchitect Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi, also dating from 2017, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, designed by I.M. Pei at age 90 and built in 2008 on ...

(Credit: Keir Collection of Islamic Art/ Dallas Museum of Art) There was a particular moment in history when no artistic field was immune to the influence of Islamic design, writes Cath Pound.

The International Day of Islamic Art was proclaimed at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference in 2019 and takes place every year on 18 November. It aims to raise awareness of past and ...

The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment. Anila Quayyum Agha's "Charred Gold," is a mashrabiya made of ...

The Honolulu hideaway built by "the richest girl in the world" is now a museum showcasing her unique collection of Islamic Art. David Franzen On their honeymoon in 1935, husband Cromwell wrote ...

To accommodate its expansive collection of acquisitions, in addition to more than 1,000 of works on long-term loan, MFAH will open a new, permanent home for Islamic art. Beginning March 5 ...

Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. Organized in collaboration with the San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), the exhibition examines intersections of science and craft in Islamic material ...

It has been almost a year since the only Islamic art gallery of a major museum in Chicago, Gallery 50 of the Art Institute, was closed. While the Art Institute is frequently in the news — the ...

What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open since the term was coined by Western art historians in the 19th century. The debate is alive and well today among scholars who are ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...

Islamic art is art made as part of the religion of Islam close IslamIslam is the name of the religion, and its followers are known as Muslims. and forms part of religious life. It can also mean ...