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 ...

The premise of “Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts” seems so intuitive that it takes awhile to realize just how ambitious this show is. Organized by the ...

There are no two ways about it —Abu’l Fazl was a decidedly odd duck. The 16th-century writer and historian was awkward as a youngster. He was sensitive and argumentative, a bit of a social misfit. As ...

In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic heritage of the AlUla oasis is literally carved into the landscape. From the enigmatic rock art of the Neolithic era, through the colossal statues of the ...

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 ...