The organisers of the Islamic Arts Biennale have ceased trying to define Islamic art in favour of encouraging full expression of what it means to be a Muslim in the most diverse and inclusive way poss ...
Georgetown is a popular city located on the island of Penang, less than a mile off Malaysia’s west coast. Although it’s ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...
redefines Islamic art to put Saudi Arabia on global art map Inside the Islamic Arts Biennale: A Rare Look at the Kaaba’s Drapes.(Image by X/WACommunity) Known as the Kiswah, it is made of black ...
Art teachers from Central Rivers Area Education Agency, Clear Lake Regional Office were invited to enter their students’ ...
Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World in a virtual lecture hosted by the McMullen on ...
At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...
What is it? A museum dedicated to batik, Indonesia’s ancient art form. One of the country’s most established batik companies, founded in 1967, Danar Hadi opened this cultural complex in 2008.
Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it.” While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...
Today Islamic date in Indonesia is calculated as per the lunar based calendar which consists of 12 Lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. A Muslim must know about the exact Islamic date today or ...
The Worcester Art Museum announced Thursday that it has voluntarily agreed to return a pair of antiquities that were likely removed illegally from Italy. The returns are part of a long-term loan ...