The $18m (€24m), split-level structure is one of five new museums – including the Centre for Digital Art and the National Israeli Cartoon Museum – inaugurated under the tenure of mayor Moti Sasson. Since taking office in 1993, Sasson has made what was once a lacklustre city of 170,...
Museum of Islamic ArtHow might interpretations of the past be informing the culture of tomorrow? Sarina Wakefield, a specialist in heritage and museum development in the Middle East, provides an overview of the form and function of contemporary museums in Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE...
The department's collection of Islamic art (40,000 items of pottery, paintings, glass, tiles, metalwork) compares favourably with collections in some of the finest of Museums of Islamic Art. Highlights include: The Dying Lion from the North-Palace of Ashurbanipal; The Flood Tablet (7th ...
MUSEUM OF COMIC AND CARTOON ART 594 BROADWAY RM 401, NEW YORK, NY, 10012-3234 0.878 AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 15 W 16TH ST FL 5, NEW YORK, NY, 10011-6301 0.901 MUSEUM OF YIDDISH THEATER 15 W 16TH ST, NEW YORK, NY, 10011-6301 0.901 TIBET HOUSE 22 W 15TH ST, NEW YORK, ...
The collection has a wide variety including some antiquities (Jordan, Egypt and Greek), a small but well mounted Islamic art exhibit, and some beautiful Asian pieces. But, to me, the Cincinnati focus was especially interesting. A large collection of Rookwood pottery was displayed with...
the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the Market Gate of Miletus reconstructed from the ruins found in Anatolia, as well as the Mshatta Facade. The museum is subdivided into the antiquity collection, the Middle East museum, and the museum of Islamic art. It is visited by over 1 million people ...
and how to implement concrete strategies for the classroom. Seven Council members facilitated small-group workshops connecting art and decolonization through a variety of disciplines, including movement and music, medicine and postcolonial literature, ink drawing and chipboard-sculpture-making. During one ...
•Kew Gardens’ Orchid Festival returns from this Saturday, this year drawing inspiration from the unique flora and fauna of Madagascar.The display features a specially commissioned film showcasing the beauty of Madagascar – the world’s fourth largest island – as well as themed floral displays...
After feeling like the world shrank to the size of a laptop screen for the past two-plus years, there exists a very real desire to be around tangible objects—especially when they happen to be really big jewels. So when “Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity” made its North...
•The V&A in South Kensington reopens its doors to visitors today in the first phase of a staged reopening strategy.All of the ground floor galleries are reopening including the Medieval & Renaissance Gallery, the Cast Courts, The Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art and Fashion Gallery, as well as...