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Professor Who Showed Images of Prophet Muhammad Sues University

by Rhea Nayyar January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Hamline University had characterized Erika López Prater’s display of the images as “Islamophobic,” an accusation it now recognizes as “flawed.”

Posted inArt

When the West Dreamt of Odalisques

by Michael Glover November 23, 2019November 22, 2019

Inspired by the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art is a giant teaching aid of a fairly solid and dependable kind, but one that does not quite push far enough.

Posted inArt

A Puzzle Game Inspired by the Mathematics of Islamic Art

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 14, 2017August 3, 2021

Engare by Iranian developer Mahdi Bahrami is a game of geometry and motion, inspired the tessellations that often adorn Islamic art and architecture.

Posted inArt

The Rise and Fall of the Viking “Allah” Textile

Avatar photo by Stephennie Mulder October 27, 2017October 28, 2017

There is something very troubling about what the Viking “Allah” story reveals about the relationship between news media and experts.

Posted inBooks

Learn to Tesselate with an Islamic Design Workbook

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

The “Islamic Design Workbook” by Eric Broug encourages a better appreciation of Islamic art, through learning how to create its geometric patterns.

Posted inArt

Divination, Geomancy, and the Supernatural in Islamic Art

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 24, 2016November 25, 2016

Over 100 rare objects from the 12th to 20th centuries are used to explore the role of the supernatural in Islamic art at the Ashmoleon Museum in Oxford.

Posted inBooks

The 9th-Century Islamic “Instrument Which Plays by Itself”

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 12, 2016October 15, 2022

In the 9th century, the Banū Mūsā brothers in Baghdad designed a mechanical, hydraulic organ that was made to play endlessly by itself.

Posted inArt

In Jerusalem’s Old City, a Different Kind of Cubism

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian November 6, 2014November 9, 2014

EAST JERUSALEM — Walking through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City it is hard not be to fascinated by the folk paintings appearing on the homes of pilgrims who returned from the Hajj in Mecca.

Posted inNews

Dallas Museum of Art Joins New Worldwide Push for Islamic Art

by Kyle Chayka November 1, 2012

The Dallas Art Museum announced today that it has named Sabiha Al Khemir as its first Senior Advisor of Islamic Art. The move comes at a time when many museums the world over are making a push to support Islamic art’s place in the historical canon.

Posted inArt

The Power of Luxury at the Metropolitan Museum

by Alice Lynn McMichael April 13, 2012April 18, 2012

The Met’s Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition is a treat for viewers who appreciate the ways that power and continuity are expressed in both luxury items and everyday objects.

Posted inOpinion

Cartoonists Vs. Islamic Iconoclasts: Have You Drawn Mohammed Today?

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 21, 2010May 23, 2010

When people start telling other people what they can and cannot draw then we have a problem. Yesterday’s “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day!” made it clear that some religious fundamentalists need to be told to mind their own business and stop policing other people’s culture.

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Oldest Graphic Design Found, Islamic in Detroit, Mexican in LA

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 3, 2010March 3, 2010

… P.S.1’s Brooklyn is Burning event gets out of control last weekend … #class gets invited to Pulse … a HUGE statue of Amenhotep III is discovered in Luxor, Egypt … Milan Fashion Week includes protestors peeved at Anna Wintour’s quick ditch.

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