It’s coming to a close this Sunday… Saudi Arabia has been supporting local and international artists in showcasing their ...

Saudi Arabia leaned in to its role as custodian of the Islamic world in its second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, an ambitious event even by Gulf standards. The four-month-long exhibition ...

Journey across AlUla as it celebrates Islamic art—a now instantly-recognized artistic tradition that can be traced all the way back to it's Arabian roots. In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic ...

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 ...

It has also been a point of crosscultural celebration of faith – and it is precisely this quality that the Islamic Arts ...

"Most people from the Western world would think that imagery is forbidden in Islam and that Islamic art is fact geometry—the arabesque," says Sabiha Al Khemir. Gina Levay / Redux An authority on ...

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), in partnership with the Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture, will host the second edition of the Islamic Art Conference on November ...

Jamila Patanwala is a contemporary Islamic artist, based in Dubai. “My work is a reflection of my roots, and I strive to ...

Diriyah Biennale Foundation concluded the 2nd edition of Islamic Arts Biennale, which was held at the Western Hajj Terminal ...

The second Islamic Arts Biennale, titled And All That Is In Between, is a biennale like no other. In manuscripts, architectural elements, religious symbols like the kiswah which covers the holy ...

On Sunday, Sept. 22, the DIA will open The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World, featuring over 200 works from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond. The exhibit combines a multi-sensory ...

Sara Rehman will head the group’s efforts promoting the Islamic arts to a cross-cultural audience, the group announced in a post on its social media over the weekend. Rehman, a writer and ...