Named after the Prophet’s daughter, the Fatimids established their empire in 909 in North Africa…
Category: Islamic Art
Following the announcement last year that the Keir Collection would arrive at the DMA on…
A long tradition of preparing princes to rule was the genre of literature known as…
The Silk Road was an ancient network of routes stretching for over six thousand miles…
The Aga Khan Documentation Center has received the Isfahan Urban History Project archive from the…
Works of art have made up the visual landscape of Islamic societies for fourteen centuries. Decorations on…
Metalwork has enjoyed great prestige in the Islamic world. Although most metalwork objects had utilitarian…
By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter GulfNews: Dubai: Canada and the UAE enjoying a sense of…
“In our excavations and our historical investigations, I constantly have been reminded that we were…
One of the World’s Leading Islamic Art Collections to Go On View at the Dallas…
CEO.CA | Why an Islamic art museum in Toronto and what the Aga Khan Development Network is all about
“Canada is lucky to welcome this new cultural institution, and a new way of finding…
As the worldwide community of museums celebrates International Museum Day today, May 18, 2015, the…
Geometric patterns, calligraphy, and vegetal patterns comprise the non-figural decoration in Islamic art. Although geometric ornamentation…
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards Grant to Asia Society NY for Performing Arts…
The Blue Qur’an is considered one of the most extraordinary Qur’an manuscripts ever created; its…
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