When you hear the words Islamic art, you may think it's strictly religious art devoted to the Muslim faith. While some of the work was indeed created in service to Islam, to think so narrowly about ...

I have a hard time getting excited by pottery and textiles. I can respect the craftsmanship and work that goes into sculpting them and weaving together their intricate patterns, but it just doesn’t ...

This week, the Dallas Museum of Art opened its Keir Collection Gallery, and in doing so it’s exhibiting more than the third largest collection of Islamic art in North America: It’s also exhibiting a ...

In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic heritage of the AlUla oasis is literally carved into the landscape. From the enigmatic rock art of the Neolithic era, through the colossal statues of the ...

Lusterware, developed by Islamic potters, has captured viewers’ eyes for centuries with its shiny metallic wonder. Precursors of the lusterware technique were first produced in the eighth century in ...

The National Museum of Korea in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is set to open a comprehensive exhibit about Islamic art on Saturday. Co-organized with the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, ...

An Islamic art exhibition titled "Anfas-ul-Jamal Fun" has opened in Karachi, bringing together artists and art enthusiasts to celebrate the spiritual and aesthetic traditions of Islamic ...

This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the ...

It has been almost a year since the only Islamic art gallery of a major museum in Chicago, Gallery 50 of the Art Institute, was closed. While the Art Institute is frequently in the news — the ...