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Hassan Sharif: Images

Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde is pleased to present Images, a provocation from an arch-provocateur after more than 40 years of art-making. At a time when Sharif is being increasingly referred to as the ‘father (or even ‘grandfather’) of Emirati art’, Sharif challenges this with very new works that reject commonplace understandings of his practice.

Handmade Prayer Carpet Through History

IRCICA, Research Center For Islamic History, Art and Culture published the first Volume of 'Handmade Prayer Carpet Through History' that comprises of 395 pages (221 pages in English and 174 pages in Arabic). The book has been edited by Dr. Nazeih Taleb Maarouf and preface has been written by Halit Eren.

A Global Vision of Art

“The combination of emotion, personal experience and consciousness tends to provide the perfect ingredients for a meaningful work of art.” (Kashya Hildebrand)

LACMA and the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture to Collaborate on Islamic Art Exhibition

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Saudi Aramco’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture are pleased to announce that the Center will exhibit more than 130 highlights of Islamic art from LACMA’s renowned collection on the occasion of the Center’s opening in 2016. The installation will include works of art from an area extending from southern Spain to northern India along with a never-before shown 18th-century period room from Damascus, recently acquired by LACMA.