Greeted by Islamic poetry pamphlets, attendees stepped into the Union Building’s Quadrangle room, its perimeter lined with ...

The show found a temporary home at the museum largely thanks to the inspiration and practical endeavor of Oded Halahmy, an 86 ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

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 ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a prolific visual artist and curator based in Corrales and the first artist to curate an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., died Jan. 24 after ...

“It’s difficult to imagine anything more sacred to Muslims than the Kiswah that dresses the House of God,” says the Islamic art scholar Julian Raby, who returned as one of the artistic ...

View of the AlMidhallah exhibition component, the outdoor exhibition spaces, at the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 ... Shono as Curator of Contemporary Art, the Biennale presents over 500 objects ...

Though several artefacts with origins in India in the display, the sole Indian institution is the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art from Hyderabad. “This is the world’s only biennale ...

By juxtaposing historical objects from Islamic cultures with contemporary art, the Biennale explores how faith is experienced, expressed, and celebrated through feeling, thinking, and making. The ...

This week I’ll highlight sections of the biennale that bridge Islamic and contemporary art; one of Jeddah’s most popular seaside restaurants, Al Nakheel; exhibitions in Jeddah that highlight the power ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in ...