Professor Christina Maranci is the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies and teaches the “Power and Beauty of Being In-Between: The Story of Armenia” Gen Ed course. This interview has been edited for ...

Rochester artist Ayub HajiOmar has built a career weaving images with Islamic verse. His latest commission was a series of ...

Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open since the term was coined by Western art historians in the 19th century. The debate is alive and well today among scholars who are ...

Anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika, known for burning the Quran, was shot dead during his TikTok livestream in Sweden on Wednesday, according to local media. Newsweek has reached out to a ...

“It’s difficult to imagine anything more sacred to Muslims than the Kiswah that dresses the House of God,” says the Islamic art scholar Julian Raby, who returned as one of the artistic ...

View of the AlMidhallah exhibition component, the outdoor exhibition spaces, at the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 ... Shono as Curator of Contemporary Art, the Biennale presents over 500 objects ...

Though several artefacts with origins in India in the display, the sole Indian institution is the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art from Hyderabad. “This is the world’s only biennale ...

By juxtaposing historical objects from Islamic cultures with contemporary art, the Biennale explores how faith is experienced, expressed, and celebrated through feeling, thinking, and making. The ...

This week I’ll highlight sections of the biennale that bridge Islamic and contemporary art; one of Jeddah’s most popular seaside restaurants, Al Nakheel; exhibitions in Jeddah that highlight the power ...