Tag: Islamic art
Louvre opens long-awaited Islamic Wing
News Agencies – September 20, 2012
France's Louvre Museum is unveiling a new wing devoted to Islamic art, with the long-gestating project debuting during a...
Louvre’s Islamic art building is ready to fly
The Los Angeles Times – September 1, 2012
The Louvre's new wing for the department of Islamic art undulates like molten gold. For the museum's...
Art Review: Getting to the Bottom of ‘Islamic Art’
NEW YORK — The West has a problem when dealing with the cultures of the lands that adhered to Islam over time. It begins...
History’s Hands: Transporting visitors from Fifth Avenue to Fez
After 30 years, the Met museum has embarked on the most ambitious rethinking and rebuilding of its Islamic art galleries in its history, a...
