The exhibition juxtaposes sacred objects with contemporary critique, inviting us to consider whether modern reinterpretations of tradition clarify or distort the past.

Professor of art history Kathryn Moore organized a virtual conference on Webex about the sacred art and spaces of Jerusalem featuring scholars and art historians Heba Mostafa, Megan Boomer and ...

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Urban structures and Mecca’s Great Mosque stand out amid the hilly, desert landscape of western Saudi Arabia in this astronaut photograph from July 29, 2023. From space, Mecca appears as a city of ...

People will be able to see the Kiswa - the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca. The exhibition will ... of the most sacred objects in Islamic art, ritual, and worship.

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At first glance, you would be forgiven for thinking that the work of contemporary Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita was made hundreds of years ago. From afar, her embroideries and paintings could ...

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which in turn was inspired by Ottoman, byzantine and architecture in Spain. "The crossover between Islamic ideas and art and the UK has been going on for hundreds of years. We wanted to bring that ...