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Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts

An international loan exhibition of Islamic art organized in collaboration with the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts ...
The Baltimore Sun

‘Pearls on a String’ at the Walters Art Museum offers a glimpse into Islamic royal courts from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries

Light filtered through a 17th-century white marble jali screen, and an intricate geometric pattern illuminated the floor. The jali screen, part of the Walters Art Museum’s “Pearls on a String: Artists ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World’ Review: Style and Sustenance at the Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts’ new exhibition of Islamic art fills the walls and vitrines of eight dramatically lighted galleries with beautiful bowls, glassware, utensils, paintings, centuries-old ...
The Conversation

No god but God: A breathtaking exhibition bringing Islamic art out of the shadows

Doctoral Candidate (Oriental Studies - Islamic Art and Archaeology), University of Oxford; Curatorial Researcher, Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney In 2005, the Art ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts’ Review

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The Baltimore Sun

Sunday: “Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts”

Through Jan. 31, 2016, The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., (410) 547-9000, thewalters.org, free. The Walters’ new exhibition of ornate narrative paintings ...