ADFF@The Pavilion Downtown Dubai - ADFF Award Winners
After a successful first month of screenings, ADFF@The Pavilion Downtown Dubai continues with its next segment featuring past ADFF award winners.
Jun 09, 2011Articles
Blockbuster exhibition reveals the pioneering innovations of the Golden Age of the Islamic World
SAN JOSE, SILICON VALLEY, CA / Long overlooked or often misattributed, the remarkable contributions of Muslim scholars in science and technology have quietly floundered as no more than common footnotes of world history. Abbas ibn Farnas and his flying glider, Al-Jazari’s engineering marvels and Al-Khwarizmi with his pioneering method of study and calculations for the movements of the sun, the moon and the five planets known at the time, all virtually lost to time and history.
Jun 09, 2011
Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture
LONDON 4 – 24 July 2011 / London will host the city’s first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world, the Mayor Boris Johnson has revealed. Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, will encompass over seventy events in more than thirty key cultural venues throughout the city, organized by the Mayor of London and sponsored by HSBC.
Jun 08, 2011
LACMA Presents Groundbreaking International Exhibition of Islamic Art
LACMA, June 5–September 5, 2011 / Traveling show is the first to examine Islamic art through the lens of gift giving, assembling more than 250 works from forty institutions worldwide
Jun 07, 2011
Serra Sculpture to be Installed This Month on the Grounds of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha
Richard Serra’s First Public Work in the Middle East to Anchor MIA Park, Qatar Museums Authority’s New Cultural Destination on the Doha Waterfront, Opening December 2011
Jun 06, 2011
Major Gift to Support Persian Art and Culture
The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have received a major gift to support Persian art and culture and related programs at the museums.
Jun 05, 2011
Official Opening of the UAE Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia
The United Arab Emirates participates with its second National Pavilion in the Arsenale proudly presenting the work of three Emirati artists to the international community.
Jun 04, 2011
Shahnama Millenium / IkonoTV
You can now watch short videos documenting the Persian epic poem that covers a phenomenal time span, telling the entire history of the old kings of Iran.
Jun 04, 2011
THE NY ART MARATHON -The deadline is moved to June 15th, so you still have a chance to participate.
THE NY ART MARATHON is an international art competition, which offers its 10 finalists the opportunity to participate in a group show in New York City (Orensanz Art Gallery, Lower East Side), $3000 cash prize for the winner, People's Award for the most voted-for artist and a choice of either a review, interview, or YouTube video-slide-show with the curator for the selected artist of the week.
Jun 04, 2011
“Cairo Dreams 2011” at The Third Line
Susan Hefuna returns to The Third Line with an exhibition of aluminium sculptures and ink drawings.
Jun 01, 2011
UAE at Biennale di Venezia features ‘Second Time Around’
VENICE, ITALY / The Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at the 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia features “Second Time Aroundâ€. The UAE participates with its second National Pavilion in the Arsenale proudly presenting the work of three Emirati artists to the international community.
May 31, 2011
Islamic Art by Mark Whatmore, Yoho Media
This amazing documentary presents Islamic Art from Iran, Egypt, Syria, Turkey and Spain.
May 30, 2011
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