Karachi-born conceptual artist Rasheed Araeen’s Islam and Modernism encourages Muslim artists and scholars to learn from the Islamic history of ideas pertaining to modernity in lieu of a Eurocentric ...

"In a rich ethnographic narrative, cultural anthropologist Kenneth George introduces one of the leading figures in the world of Asian art, Indonesian painter Abdul Djalil Pirous, and his pioneering ...

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Calligraphic standard in the shape of a falcon (Golconda, India, 17th-century), perforated gilt copper (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Although it has manifested in ways that are manifold, the ...

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 ...

As the World Cup draws visitors to present-day Doha, the Museum of Islamic Art reopens with an expanded vision and presentation of Islamic history. By David Belcher DOHA, Qatar — As the world’s ...

The organization says the Minnesota teacher should be thanked for educating Muslim and non-Muslim students in "a critically empathetic manner.” The prophet Muhammad in the cave of Hira, page from a ...

A new exhibition in Paris, Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs traces the influence of Islamic art on some of Cartier’s most iconic designs and creations.

For 175 years, the word “Cartier” has been synonymous with iconic French glamour, from massive diamonds to carefully considered watches. But part of the jeweler’s signature style wasn’t homegrown—it ...