For Rana Begum, it was Istanbul. In 2019, when she was in the city as part of an international residency programme, the artist found gazing out of her window and absorbing the sights and sounds of the ...

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There are museums devoted to Islamic art in places like Cairo, Istanbul and Doha, but the biennale is a very different form of cultural outreach, bringing art to the people —and especially to ...

What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open since ... We placed these historic objects beside a contemporary wall installation by the artist Ayman Yossri Daydban that highlighted ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...

Doha, Qatar: The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is among the nominees for the Most Significant Building of the 21st Century, by the influential architecture and design magazine Dezeen. The ...

" Lost Alphabet ,” the award-winning artist Ahmet Gunestekin’s most ambitious exhibition to date, is a cry against forced ...

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This austere stack of limestone ...

The Biennale, which runs until May 25 and is titled "And in Between," is the first of its kind in the world, dedicated to celebrating Islamic arts. It offers a unique platform for reflection, renewal, ...

You could opt for the classic tourist trinkets or you could do a little extra research and bring home something quintessentially Turkish.