We’re all familiar with Aladdin’s magic carpet, but have you ever wondered from which corner of the Islamic world it might hail? The Hong Kong Palace Museum’s latest exhibition might provide some ...

An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the ...

The Louvre drew a fusillade of criticism nearly 25 years ago when it unveiled a glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei. This year, France's most famous museum is preparing for the opening of a new glass, ...

Whatever the variety of their other opinions, visitors to England in the 19th century were united in at least one thing. The country’s urban environment was hideously ugly and any care for or pleasure ...