Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Exhibition
The Heart’s Desire - Sufi Collections and Contemporary Art Exploring Shawq (Longing)
3 October 2026 – 12 September 2027
The Heart’s Desire, curated by Jessica Cerasi, explores longing in all its forms and its particular resonance within Sufi thought. Bringing together new works by six contemporary artists in dialogue with the collection of the Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO (MACS MTO), the exhibition considers…
Past events
Exhibition
Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece
01.25.23
EXHIBITION: Guest curated by Dr. Amanda Luyster. Opens at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross on Thurs. Jan 26 (lecture at 4pm; reception at 5:30pm) and closes on April 6, with a conference featuring speakers from the British Museum and elsewhere on Sat. March 25.
Exhibition
Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion
Aga Khan Center Gallery
Aga Khan Centre, 10 Handyside Street, London N1C 4DN
6:00 pm
09.01-09.01.22
Join us on Thursday 1 September for a panel discussion on our upcoming exhibition Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion. The event will take place at the Aga Khan Centre, London, as well as online and will be followed by a viewing of the exhibition. The exhbition will remain open…
Exhibition
Calligrapher to the King – Daud al-Hossaini
Museum for Islamic Art
Berlin
02.07-02.07.20
Exhibition
Capturing Iran’s Past Fotokunst – PhotoArt – هنر عکاسی
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin, Germany
11.07.19-11.07.19
Exhibition
Call Me Anythng But Ordinary: Ceramics from Medieval & Modern Iran
The Bumiller Collection
Berlin
09.12-09.12.19
Exhibition
The Rise of Islamic Art
Museo Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon
07.12-07.12.19
Exhibition
Harmony of Line and Colour: Illuminated Manuscripts, Documents, and Calligraphy in the Sadberk Hanim Museum Collection
Sadberk Hanim Muzesi
Istanbul
04.25-04.25.19
Exhibition
To the Land of the Waqwaq by Hayv Kahraman
Shangri La Museum of Art
03.29-03.29.19
Exhibition
Hayv Kahraman: Superfluous Bodies
Honolulu Museum of Art
03.23-03.23.19
Exhibition
Syria Matters
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha
11.23.18-11.23.18
Exhibition
Garden Paradise: The Magnificent Safavid Garden Carpet from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Texas
11.02.18-11.02.18
Exhibition
Clouds and Gold Dust: Decorated Papers from the Ettinghausen Collection
The Met Fifth Avenue
New York
10.29.18-10.29.18
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