With relations between the Islamic world and the West now such a focus of attention ... Middle East the museum's aim was simply to show to the world developments in modern art in a huge region whose ...

The debate is alive and well today among scholars who are reassessing the field of Islamic art and grappling with its contemporary manifestations. Can it be defined by a particular time period or ...

The last unit of the course looks at Islamic art in the diaspora. The course highlights works form c. 500 CE to the present, ending with the ultra modern city of Dubai.

Despite some fuzziness over what constitutes “Islamic” art, particularly in the contemporary section, the framing of the faith itself is clear: one of refinement, intellectual achievement ...

by women in Islamic societies. Art’s history is given a nod, but that’s about it. Adding insult to injury, the modern and contemporary shows have been mostly weak. Of the seven standout ...

Each of the commissioned works under AlMidhalla offers a new way of thinking about Islamic art in a contemporary setting, and ...

religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom’s bid to transform its ultraconservative image. The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale ...