Islamic art
World’s first museum of Sufi art to debut in Paris
The Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO opens at challenging moment for France’s Muslim community
July Book Bag: from a giant tome of Islamic and Middle Eastern art to a biography of the overlooked British artist Mabel Nicholson
Our round-up of the latest art publications
Frick museum in Pittsburgh postpones Islamic art exhibition over fears it would appear ‘insensitive’ or ‘traumatic’ amid Gaza war
Local Muslim and Jewish organisations have questioned the decision, suggesting it risks conflating historic Islamic art and Hamas
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, becomes ‘nexus for the study of Islamic art’
Texas institution opens six new galleries to display its collection of Islamic art, coinciding with its hosting of symposium on the subject
US supports restoration of Pakistan’s epic walled city
As country is mired in economic and political turmoil, major upgrading project forges ahead with restoration of important sites at the ancient heart of Lahore
Brooklyn Museum completes ten-year renovation of Asian and Islamic art galleries
The approximately $9m project included modernising 20,000 sq. ft of galleries and bringing key objects out of storage for public display for the first time
Revamped Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to reopen with more than 1,000 new objects
After 18-month closure, Qatar gallery to relaunch on 5 October in time for Fifa World Cup
Exhibition traces the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad in unprecedented detail
Show about the Hijrah—Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina—at Saudi Arabia’s Ithra Museum will go on a five-year world tour
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to expand its Islamic art galleries
The museum’s Islamic art collection spans more than 1,400 pieces as well as important long-term loans
India's largest art museum to open Islamic gallery
The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad contains around 2,500 objects related to Islamic faiths and traditions
More refugees to be trained as tour guides at Oxford University museums after £1m gift from Saudi foundation
Funding from Alwaleed Philanthropies will support Multaka project working with 200 refugees and asylum seekers over the next five years
France launches Islamic art shows across 18 cities to combat rising Islamophobia
The Louvre-led government initiative aims to shatter clichés and encourage a deeper understanding
Magnificence of mosques and their contents revealed in book created by 'dream team' of Saudi and Egyptian museums
Exploration of the Islamic building through its decorations and objects fills a gap in the field
This Victorian house in London hides remarkable Islamic interiors—now it is getting its first contemporary work
Leighton House Museum—which was once the home and studio of artist Lord Leighton—is undergoing restoration and will reopen in 2021
Two books have different takes on the question: just what is Islamic Art?
One title, based on a recent exhibition, and another with an academic bent present divergent interpretations, from the context of workmanship and religion
Sotheby's sale of Israeli museum artefacts delayed after government pressure
Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions
Indian museum hopes to reconcile bitter saga of sectarian conflict near disputed holy site
A planned mosque and cultural centre will celebrate the syncretic culture of Hinduism and Islam in the northern city of Ayodhya
Sale of more than 250 works from Jerusalem's Islamic art museum raises ethical questions
Israeli museum professionals fear deaccessioning auction could set a dangerous precedent
The image debate: new book looks at age-old question of figural representation in Islam
This collection of essays examines the Islamic treatment of figuration around the world, from pre-modern decoration to contemporary snowmen
Renewed enthusiasm for Orientalist paintings and a £3.7m coin buoy London's Islamic sales week
Busy auction series brought records for Osman Hamdi Bey and Jean-Léon Gérôme, and controversial sale of two illustrated folios separated from a Persian manuscript
This book of essays explores the varieties and definitions of Islamic art
The authors ask “What is Islamic about ‘Islamic’ art?”
A comprehensive survey of geometric forms in Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art
Twenty-four artists present their own works in new book, including the late Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
British Museum’s Islamic art finally gets its fairy-tale ending
Restored Victorian galleries, funded by Albukhary Foundation and featuring screens by Ahmad Angawi, have transformed the presentation of the collection
Dull, dim and dusty no more: British Museum's new Islamic galleries bring collection out of the shadows
Light and spacious Albukhary Foundation Gallery is a huge transformation for the London institution, says Jane Jakeman
Oxford museums train refugees as tour guides and community curators
Berlin’s Multaka programme of Arabic-language tours is spreading to the UK—and beyond
Bruce Nauman’s New York takeover. Plus, the British Museum dusts down its Islamic art galleries
We talk to the curator Kathy Halbreich about the giant two-part Bruce Nauman retrospective at MoMA and MoMA PS1. Plus, the specialist in Islamic studies Jane Jakeman reviews the new Islamic displays at London’s British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
San Francisco show celebrates diversity of Muslim fashion
As debates on the burqa rage worldwide, De Young Museum exhibition explores complexities and range of Islamic dress
The Medici touch: exhibition shows how Florence fell for Islamic art
Six centuries of city’s connection to Muslim world explored in rare Uffizi and Bargello collaboration
From the archives: take a look at six of the best front pages published by The Art Newspaper
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Former Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis remaps Lisbon's Gulbenkian
Freed from Tate's "tough agenda" of blockbuster shows, sculpture scholar is opening up Portuguese museum's Islamic collections