Two contrasting works boldly set the stage for the Middle East Institute Art Gallery’s “Maximal Miniatures,” a showcase of contemporary Iranian artists inspired by Persian miniature painting.

Sometimes what I leave unpainted carries more weight.’ That sentence alone could stop you in your tracks and so will her work ...

Shahzia Sikander is an American-Pakistani artist whose eclectic work merges contemporary issues of Middle Eastern identity with art-historical references. Fusing traditional Indo-Persian miniature ...

The Afghan refugee, who was born in Pakistan and is now based in Australia, presents works that include Persian miniatures ...