Another instantly recognizable style of Islamic art is the geometric pattern: These abstract designs, often formed using circles, squares, stars, and polygons, can be linked to Islamic interest in ...

It's one of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art's most popular exhibits Artist Salma Arastu creates abstract beauty from Islamic calligraphy Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on ...

The "Islamic-Inspired" art exhibit will be at Milwaukee's NAdiaNA Art Gallery, at 1442 N. Franklin Place, Unit 3, from Sept. 2 through Oct. 21. A 2-day opening reception will be held on Sept. 2 ...

In “Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles From the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M ...

The history of European art loves to demonstrate its influence. This is even the case when, aesthetically, such a claim looks like a stretch -- for example, Abstract Expressionism, as strikingly ...

Uman’s vibrant abstract works, currently at Hauser & Wirth in London, ... On View. A Painter Inspired by Islamic Art and Rural New York Life. By Anakwa Dwamena March 28, 2024. Share full article ...

Google’s latest Doodle celebrates the life of Fahrelnissa Zeid, the renowned Turkish artist best known for blending Islamic and Byzantine traditions with influences from the West.

Islamic calligraphy excelled due ... Modern calligraphy ranges from functional hand-lettered inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where the abstract expression of the handwritten mark may ...

As part of OMA's exhibition design for the second Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the architecture studio formed walls and columns from translucent textiles to move away from ...