Azra Becirevic Sarenkapa studied textiles at the Textile-Technological Faculty in Zagreb, Croatia and finished her Master of conservation at Durham University in the UK. Currently, she is working as the Senior Conservator at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I had the pleasure of sitting down with her and discussing her 17-year-long contribution to many museums in Bosnia and the region.
Nov 29, 2016The winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been announced earlier this month in a ceremony in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. His Excellency Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport of the United Arab Emirates announced that the venue for the winners' ceremony will be the Al Jahili fort in Al Ain.
Oct 23, 2016Ilidza finally got its first mosque.
Jun 10, 2016A great opportunity to study art in context, by learning from experts and visiting amazing monuments and museums in Konya.
Jun 01, 2016The exhibition dedicated to Kufic script in the Qur'anic manuscripts is on view from March 5 until May 10, 2016, at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in Istanbul.
Apr 27, 2016More than 160 paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video installations by 34 different artists.
Feb 27, 2016BjarkeIngels Group (BIG) - the international architectural firm, globally recognized for their grass root ideals on sustainability and preservation have been commissioned by Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation as lead designers for Warehouse421.
Nov 20, 2015One of the major aspects of this year's Summer Abroad Islamic art history course was visiting the famous Seljuk mosques in Konya. The Anatolian city, effectively renowned for its Seljuk architecture, is rich with mosques, madrasas, mausolea, khaniqahs, as well as with large and spacious caravanserais in its vicinity.
Aug 05, 2015In the first week of the Summer Abroad Program, participants visited several places and monuments of exceptional archaeological and architectural importance focusing on the study of medieval Anatolian art and architecture.
Jul 28, 2015Necmettin Erbakan University's summer course 'Art Treasures of Konya: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture' (July 21- August 15, 2015) provides the occasion to undergraduate and graduate students as well as interested aficionados of Islamic art to explore in depth some of the city's dozens of medieval monuments, most notably, but not exclusively, from the Anatolian Seljuk period (1077-1308).
Jun 08, 201570 artefacts that include textiles, musical instruments, jewellery, rudimentary weapons, books and manuscripts from the Vatican Ethnological Museum's Islamic Collection
Jun 14, 2014"You can only achieve beauty when you experience the lengthy time and process as soothing, peaceful and spiritual and not as laborious. Repetition is also a critical aspect of how I make my work. Because it helps in the act of meditation, it is a necessary part of the process. For me, that is everything - ”the act of making." (Aisha Khalid)
Oct 27, 2013
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