Islamic art — not often seen in museums and galleries in this country — is the focus of an exhibition designed to enhance understanding among different cultures and to showcase deserving talent and ...

Bound and printed on the page, the Quran appears in black and white. But Warris Mahmud sees it in reds, greens and golds. "The Quran is such a beautiful book of verse," said Mahmud, a calligraphy ...

Islamic visual traditions have long made space for realities beyond direct perception, and these artists work in calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making to carry them forward.

When I asked my students why should we care about Islamic art, baffled by the question in an art history course, they answered “because they are objects of art that carry beauty.” Yet, as we well know ...

The future of Islamic art, boycott calls at the Venice Biennale, a guide to New York's spring art fairs, and a different kind of Frida Kahlo exhibition.

An exhibit of Islamic art on display in the tunnel that connects Houston City Hall and the city annex building. Islamic art goes all the way back to the 7th century. It ranges from religious pieces, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design is creating new opportunities for kamaʻāina to indulge in the priceless collection of its founder, Doris Duke, at what was ...

When Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosted the Iranian Film Festival in 2006, patron Sima Ladjevardian posed a question to MFAH's then-director Peter Marzio: "What kind of Iranian art do you have?'" she ...

After the beautiful Islamic exhibition "Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World" was brought to Dallas in 2014 and the long-term loan of the internationally prominent Keir Collection was ...

Located in the southern sliver of Islamic Cairo, the Museum of Islamic Art boasts a stunning collection of art from every era of Islamic history in Egypt. Here, you'll find examples of everything from ...

The world's largest handwritten copy of the Holy Quran was unveiled at the Umayyad Mosque during Ramadan 2026, marking a ...

Last month, Paris's Louvre museum opened its new Islamic Art Wing amidst uproar over the series of controversial Mohammed cartoons that were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to the ...