In the previous installment of this series, you learned about the different Muslim sects and the interesting ways they mix in the United States. This article will take you through the historical ...

"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 ...

I have a hard time getting excited by pottery and textiles. I can respect the craftsmanship and work that goes into sculpting them and weaving together their intricate patterns, but it just doesn’t ...

Milwaukee artist and NAdiaNA art gallery owner Nadia Alkhun has had an unusual journey on her way to the art world. Alkhun, who is from Jordan, has degrees in biotechnology and genetic engineering ...

This month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will unveil a new show of over 100 Iranian artworks dating from the 6th to the 19th century. The exhibition, titled “Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces From ...

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 Institute of Arab and Islamic Art throws open its doors in May. The Institute of Arab and Islamic Art is scheduled to open in New York in May. Courtesy IAIA/ Lilli Rose. Sarah Cascone March 7, ...

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., currently hosts Divine Geometry, an exhibition exploring arts in the historical and contemporary Islamic world through paintings, calligraphy, ...

This week, the Dallas Museum of Art opened its Keir Collection Gallery, and in doing so it’s exhibiting more than the third largest collection of Islamic art in North America: It’s also exhibiting a ...

For Muslims, the Qur’an is revered as God’s own art. Islam is essentially an aural religion; God’s word came to the Prophet Muhammad as a voice, instructing him to iqra’, “Recite!” In fact, iqra’ is ...

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.