Islamic art

Former Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis remaps Lisbon's Gulbenkian

Freed from Tate's "tough agenda" of blockbuster shows, sculpture scholar is opening up Portuguese museum's Islamic collections

Credence and credulity: on Islamic art and the supernatural

This small book is ground-breaking, bringing to light Islamic beliefs and superstitions

Islamic art takes centre stage in Dallas

Keir collection of 2,000 works is one of the world's largest

US exhibition shines light on Qur’ans as collector's objects

Sackler Gallery explores the movement of these religious texts in major loan show

Reviewnews

More royalty required: on the al-Sabah Collection

The non-courtly manuscripts and miniatures of the al-Sabah Collection come together in a new publication

Reviewnews

Only for the rich: Islamic art is overshadowed by morally questionable Gulf labour conditions

Jane Jakeman reviews two very different takes on art in the Middle East

Culture fights back in Tunisia

Sufi-inspired exhibition aims to rescue Islam from the extremists

Victoria and Albert Museum, Jameel Prize 3

The Jameel Prize show at the Victoria and Albert Museum looks for the best in Islamic or Islamic-inspired art

Collectorsarchive

Collector settles financial dispute with David Khalili

Farbod Dowlatshahi no longer advisor to Khalili trust

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Collectors pay top prices for the highest quality work of Islamic classics

Christie’s totals higher, but Sotheby’s had the standout individual piece

US museums receive surfeit of patronage for Islamic art collections

But Arab donors are in scarce supply, while Turks, Iranians and others spend freely

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Farjam Collection gallery opens at the Dubai International Financial Centre with Islamic art exhibition

Our first glimpse of plans for multiple museums laid out by the Iranian industrialist at Art Dubai '08

Farhad Farjam opens private museum in Dubai

The Iranian businessman has an extensive collection of Islamic and modern art

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How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?

The Sunday Times values it at $9 billion, but several dealers disagree

V&A opens its £5.4m Islamic gallery

The new display is entirely funded by the Jameel family of Saudi Arabia

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Collector interview: Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar

The Art Newspaper visits the biggest art collector in the world and talks about the five museums he is building in Doha

Saudi donor gives V&A £5.4 million for new Islamic gallery

Jameel Gallery to be funded by car dealership Hartwell PLC

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New York's Asia Society hosts 'Hunt for paradise: Court arts of Iran, 1501-76. Asia Society'

The exhibition illustrates how monarchical patronage in the 15th century paved the way for an age of artistic accomplishment in Iran

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Oriental origins of Italian Renaissance art

How Islamic decorative arts influenced 15th- and 16th-century Western artists

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Collector Khalili puts town house on market for £100 million

The most expensive private town house ever put up for sale in Britain

Books: All the marvels of Mughal painting

The latest volume in the catalogues of the Khalili Collection describes the art of the Muslim courts of India

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Spain has no official record of Islamic collector

Negotiations between David Nasser Khalili and British government ongoing