Arabia Felix to Rome: A passage on three seas
Visit our latest exhibition ‘Arabia Felix and Rome: A passage across three seas’ from The al-Sabah Collection at the Amricani Cultural Centre.
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Exhibitions Upcoming Exhibitions 9 November 2024 – 5 May 202530 objectsThe Great Mughals Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England, UK) 24 November 2024 – 14 November 202775 objectsIn Praise of the Artisan Ithra’a Museum (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) January 2025 – April 202511 objectsal-Madar The Diriyah Biennale (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) 1 February 2025 – 1 June […]
Treasures of Islamic Art Geneva 1985
Catalogue of an exhibition of Islamic Treasures from Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah at the Museum of Art & History in Geneva, 1985, including a wide variety of objects covering the most important periods of Islamic art from 1st-12th Hijri (7-18th century AD) – including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, metal work, textiles, and coins.
ZARABI Carpets: Reflections of an Ideal World
Historical exhibition of carpets from the 15th to 19th C from North Africa to India on the occasion of the new Islamic Arts Museum, Malaysia, 1999 with beautiful photos and informative text.
Islamic Art and Patronage, Riyadh
This catalogue was printed for the Islamic Art & Patronage exhibition at The National Museum, King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre-Riyadh, 2000 featuring coloured photos of the pieces in the exhibition, with details in Arabic & English – and a brief of the different periods of art from Islamic lands.
Islamic Art and Patronage, Cairo
This catalogue was printed for the Islamic Art & Patronage exhibition at Mohammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo 1999 featuring coloured photos of the pieces in the exhibition, with details in Arabic & English – and a brief of the different periods of art from Islamic lands.
Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum
An introduction to The al-Sabah Collection and a commemorative volume marking the opening of the new Museum of Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum (1983).
Européenennes sur la Civilisation Islamique & Arabe
A catalogue on the occasion of the exhibition of the first European publications on the Arabic-Islamic civilisation from The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, on display at the Institut de Monde Arabe in Paris 1989
Al-Fann: Art from the Islamic Civilization from The al-Sabah Collection
This volume illustrates 300 from among the most beautiful objects in The al-Sabah collection and, for those exploring the Islamic world for the first time, describes its culture and art on a chronological (from the early days to the great sixteenth-century empires) and thematic basis (calligraphy, geometric decoration, arabesques and figurative art). Lastly, there is a section dedicated to jewels, for which the collection is renowned worldwide.
Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection
This 2013 exhbition catalogue presents a selection of ancient artefacts from The al-Sabah Collection, most of them displayed for the first time. It illustrates 100 of the most beautiful and important ancient objects in the Collection, most never before reproduced in print. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, ‘Splendors of the Ancient East’ presents some of the most beautiful objects in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.
