The Best Islamic Arts Events and Exhibitions of 2011
Dec 31, 2011 Art News
Gallery 456: Moroccan Court / Patti Cadby Birch Court / New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, opening November 1, 2011, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mr. Ramin Salsali / The Courtesy of the Salsali Private Museum (Photography by: Russ Kientsch)
Bahram Gur visits the lady of Khwarazm in the Blue Pavilion, from Nava’i, Sab‘a Sayyara, 1553. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford / Courtesy State Library of Victoria
Mosque Qur’an Shiraz / 1580 / MS M.532 (I), fol. 2r. Pur, chased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913, Photography: G Haber / Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum
V&A, Le Salon, 2009, by Hassan Hajjaj / © V&A Images
Lamp, Egypt or Syria, late 14th century. Glas, free blown and tooled, applied handles, enameled and gilded. H 12 5/8 in. (32 cm); diam. 10in. (25,5 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris (OA 7568), Bequest of Baronne Salomon de Rothschild, 1922 / Photo © Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY (ART412082), by Hervé Lewandowski
Photo: Installation photography of the UAE Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2011 / © seeing things photography
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian or Syrian), 18th century (Early Modern), engraved bronze, 10 13/16 x 6 7/8 x 1/4 in. (27.5 x 17.5 x 0.6 cm) / Image Courtesy of Walters Art Museum
Handicraft by Jules Vieillard et Cie, Vase with Dish (according to the Rothschild Vase), around 1878. Porcelain and enamel on round relief, H. 57 cm; W. 41 cm. Paris, Musée d’Orsay. © RMN (Musée d’Orsay) / René-Gabriel Ojeda
Silk Oasis on the Silk Road, 2011, Installation shot / Photo: Jill Kitchener
Rachid Koraichi: Les Maitres Invisibles (The Invisible Masters), 2008 / Photo: V&A images
Irfan Ahmed Khan, 60 x 44 cm, ink_on_paper / Image: Courtesy of Consulate General of Pakistan
NURJAN, “Alif Laam Meemâ€, Swarovski crystals, plexiglass and granite, 100x70x30 cm, 2011 / Image: Courtesy of Mica Gallery
Hassan Massoudy / Untitled,_1990,_Ink_and_pigments_on_paper,_29.5_x_21_.7_inches. / © Courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Kamal Boullata, Kun fa-Yakun, 2009-(Be, and it is), Acrylic on canvas, 150x150cm / Image: Courtesy of Artspace Gallery
Photo: Archive of the Moravian Gallery in Brno / Courtesy of the Moravian Gallery
Youssef Nabil, You Never Left V, 2010, Hand coloured silver gelatin print, 39 x 27 cm each / Image: Courtesy of The Third Line and The Artist
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