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  1. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Presents “Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands” in November

    Oct 2, 2017 - “Since the establishment of the department in 2007, the MFAH has endeavored to collect, exhibit, and interpret art of the Islamic worlds,” added Gary Tinterow, MFAH director. Bestowing Beauty, the inaugural exhibition, is on view through February 11, 2018, as part of the 10th anniversary program for the Museum’s Art of the Islamic Worlds initiative. art at the MFAH.

  2. Between Sea and Sky: Blue and White Ceramics from Persia and Beyond

    the engaging gallery guide. A Tour with the CuratorAimée Froom, curator of Islamic art, presents an overview of the exhibition. A Journey through the World of Blue and WhiteSee and hear exhibition highlights with curatorial Locally mined and traded across Islamic lands and the world, rare Persian blues are as precious as gold. The exhibition features three extraordinary examples of Chinese blue and white porcelain loaned by the San Antonio Museum of Art.

  3. Musiqa Mixer | New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds

    Musiqa Mixer | February 16 In collaboration with the MFAH, Musiqa presents a free concert to celebrate the Museum’s New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds, opening on March 5. Musiqa has a mission to enrich and inspire the community through programs that integrate contemporary music with other forms of modern art. Plan Your VisitThe concert takes place on the lower level of the Kinder Building.

  4. Invisible Forces: Mounting with Magnets

    Jul 28, 2016 - The Art of the Islamic Worlds galleries feature selected works from other curatorial collections that dialogue with the Islamic works on view, and this panel was chosen for the summer 2016 installation, “Collections in Conversation Installation view showing the panel, on the far wall of Art of the Islamic Worlds gallery. Want to see more up-close looks at conservation projects? Check out Selected Case Studies for highlights. We paper conservators at the MFAH have been experimenting with using rare-earth magnets to help us display works of art.

  5. Special Installation in the Art of the Islamic Worlds Galleries: “Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qurʾan in the Hossein Afshar Collection”

    Aug 13, 2025 - HOUSTON—August 13, 2025—A special installation is on view through June 2026 in the MFAH Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds. Latin American and Latino art. 19th centuries, shedding light on the production of deluxe Qurʾan manuscripts from across Islamic lands over more than 1,200 years.

  6. Garden Varieties: The Natural Beauty of “Garden Paradise”

    Jan 25, 2019 - of the Islamic World.   Although garden-related imagery in Persian art is often stylized or decorative, this work attests to the increasing interest in naturalism among Persian artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. The current installation of “Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait” is on view through December 29.

  7. Jewelry Trunk Show

    Many of the products are inspired by the new MFAH galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds. Jewelry Trunk Show | March 30, 2023 The Heirloom Project is an artisan initiative that features the work of makers from historically Islamic lands who preserve traditional techniques and design principles.

  8. Members Preview | Jewelry Trunk Show

    Many of the products are inspired by the new MFAH galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds. Members Preview | March 29, 2023 The Heirloom Project is an artisan initiative that features the work of makers from historically Islamic lands who preserve traditional techniques and design principles.

  9. Recite: The Spoken Art of the Qurʾan

    This event takes place in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds on Level 1 of the Law Building. This program is part of a series accompanying the installation Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qurʾan, on view in the Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds. Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map About the SpeakerKhalis Rashaad is the imam, as well as the religious and spiritual director, of the Ibrahim Islamic Center, Houston.

  10. Rarely Displayed 17th-Century Persian Garden Carpet from Glasgow’s Burrell Collection on View at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in November

    Oct 11, 2018 - “The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to explore a central theme of Islamic art and culture within the context of a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. He generously gifted his collection of some 9,000 works principally of Islamic, Chinese, and medieval art, as well as works by major artists including Degas, Rodin, and Cézanne, to the people of Glasgow in 1944, fulfilling his Garden Paradise enables us to delve deeper into the themes of his collection with objects that reflect the significance of nature to Islamic lands and cultures,” added Aimée Froom, curator of arts of the Islamic worlds at the