Objects of Desire
This month at Art Historical London, I shall be presenting the start of a mini-series of online lectures focusing on craft industries of the medieval Islamic world that filtered into Western Europe –… Continue reading
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Drawing the V&A Ardabil Carpet
The star exhibit of the V&A Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art is a colossal Persian carpet made in the early 16th century for a reception room of the shrine of Shaykh Safi al-Din… Continue reading
Drawing the Arabesque, Tracing the Palmette: Sketching the British Museum and V&A Islamic Collections
This month I started something that has been in my mind to do for a while – organizing small group sessions in which people can understand and reflect upon objects in the Islamic… Continue reading
City Lit Courses about Arts in the Islamic World and the Indian Subcontinent
The City Literary Institute in Holborn, London, popularly known as the “City Lit“ is one of those wonderfully democratic institutions founded in the early part of the 20th century. It offers a wide… Continue reading