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Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, at the MFA, Houston
A selection of Islamic masterworks from Kuwait’s al-Sabah Collection are on display at The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, until 26 January 2014, as part of a long-term collaboration with the Kuwait National Museum, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI).
Extended to 16 June: Moscow’s Pushkin Museum hosts Russia’s premier private collection of Islamic Art
Hurry, there’s still time to see the exhibition 'Ninety-nine Names of God: Classical Art of the Islamic World from the IX to XIX Centuries', on show for another ten days at the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Arts, Moscow. Open until 26th May, 2013, the display shows ninety-nine…
Daniel Shaffer · 2 min
'Cover Story' to open this week alongside 'Spun: Adventures in Textiles', Denver, Colorado
This week the Denver Art Museum (DAM) will be unveiling a new gallery space, Cover Story, which will exhibit over sixty artefacts from the museum's textile collection. The objects explore the ways in which textiles have been used by different cultures across centuries of time.
Lucy Upward · 2 min
LACMA acquires rare Balinese painting
The LACMA has acquired an exceptional Balinese painting depicting The Temptation of Arjuna, from the estate of renowned Indian art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy.
English Textile Design of the Late 19th Century at the MAK, Vienna
'A Shot of Rhythm and Colour: English Textile Design of the Late 19th Century', at the Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna Until 13 October 2013, offers a representative survey of the MAK's major collection of European Arts & Crafts textiles
