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AT THE DAWN OF THE CENTURY, no special sign presaged Sharjah's rise to its present status as an artistic incubator and arguably today's most influential hub of research and creation [...]

An exhibition titled Samarra - Centre of the World at the Pergamon Museum for Islamic Art, Berlin, celebrates the 100th anniversary of excavations of the site. Exhibits include fragments of [...]

To step into the discreetly illumined rooms of the major new Byzantine exhibition at the Met is to experience, with a gentle shock, some of the wide-eyed wonder which early [...]

Recently a woman photographer, Reem Al Faisal, wrote: 'It is difficult to capture the Hajj in text or visually since it is larger than any possible description ... Even those [...]

The reopening, after eight years, of the Islamic galleries at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought considerable fanfare. Aware perhaps that some Muslims--whose worship spaces are conspicuous for [...]

The new century has not seen a golden age of art so far, but there has been one bright spot: the campaign of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to rehang [...]

As Turkey anticipates joining the European Union, the country's culture minister, Erkan Mumcu, said he hoped the London exhibition, Turks: A Journey of a thousand years 600-1600, would help showcase [...]

THE MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBITION OF Islamic art to be held in London for decades is dazzling London this spring and summer. Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands is a [...]

THE MOST CONSPICUOUS architectural intervention distinguishing the Louvre's new galleries of Islamic art is an iridescent, undulating, anodized gold screen. It lifts, falls, and stretches horizontally across the Visconti Courtyard, [...]

'Islamic Art' is a broad category that takes in many different cultures, time periods and genres. An exhibition currently running at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, Arts of [...]

In 1402, when the Turkic conqueror Temur, better known in the West as Tamerlane, was poised to do battle with the mighty Ottoman Sultan Bayazid I, the greatest power in [...]

Byline: Tracy McNicoll In a time of turmoil, the Louvre's new Islamic galleries offer up a reminder of the complexity and grandeur of Muslim history. The spectacular new Islamic Art [...]

The mosaics are where they ought to be The Louvre's new Islamic galleries offer a sumptuous feast, even if it is not quite as delicious as it might have been [...]

Byline: MAURA EGAN 7 th LA LA LAND In 1935, Doris Duke, 'the richest girl in the world,' embarked on a 10-month honeymoon across the globe, touching down in Morocco, [...]

Byline: Melik Kaylan In New York, the glories of Islamic art are laid before the world. A gorgeous salad-bowl-size ceramic dazzles the eye upon entry. The bowl suggests a highly [...]

Fourteen lamps hanging, aglow, beckon you to an entrance to the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic wing, which is open again after eight years of expansion and renovation. The lamps were made [...]

Ancient and contemporary faces of Islamic art ONE can safely count on high bids at next week's London sales of art from the Islamic world. High oil prices mean plenty [...]

An incense burner some 1,000 years old Works of art from the Aga Khan's collection on show in London 'THE supposed 'clash of cultures' is in reality nothing more than […]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Read in the name of your Lord Who created. Read and your Lord [...]

The day that the Queens Museum of Art opened 'Disappeared in America,'' a multimedia exhibit about the experience of Muslims since Sept. 11, a record 2,400 visitors turned out. Since [...]

L'etrange et le merveilleux en terres d'Islam (Louvre, Paris, till 23 July) A Syrian friend who accompanied the Pope round the Umayyad mosque in Damascus a few weeks ago was [...]

THE first thing to notice about the ten most-visited exhibitions of 2000 is the absence of Impressionist shows. This is probably why the highest daily attendance last year is so [...]

GIFTS OF THE SULTAN: THE ARTS OF GIVING AT the Islamic Courts is a lesson in 11 centuries of Islamic history, interpreted through the tradition of gift giving. Many historically [...]

The Levantine Cultural Center has succeeded again--this time with a unique art exhibit entitled 'Inside/Outside & Other Oxymorons.' The center's latest offering features the work of three hybrid multicultural artists: [...]

Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art Islamic art is a fast growing subject of study. Too many countries are involved for it to be categorised like French or Japanese art. In [...]

Manchester Museum of Science and Industry is hosting the 1001 Inventions exhibition through 3 September 2006. The exhibition celebrates Muslim heritage.

Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands The Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House. Courtauld Institute of Art, until 22 August Another successful exhibition at the Hermitage Rooms. Hot on the heels [...]

Plus ca change, plus ca reste la meme chose. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. And nothing could illustrate the point more poignantly than a new [...]