Two contrasting works boldly set the stage for the Middle East Institute Art Gallery’s “Maximal Miniatures,” a showcase of contemporary Iranian artists inspired by Persian miniature painting. Elham ...

Shahzia Sikander, “Portrait of the Artist” (2016), a suite of four etchings, with accompanying collaborative text with Ayad Akhtar. Paper size: 68.5 x 53 cm; image size: 56 x 43 cm. National Portrait ...

I inherited this bracelet from my mother-in-law. She said it was a gift from her landlady, who was from the “old country.” The gift occurred about 1935 and happened when my mother-in-law was moving ...

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Artists > Persian School, 19th Century > Artworks > Indo-Persian Gouache Miniature Painting - Lion Hunt - This miniature depicts 2 men on the back of an elephant hunting a lion. Painted offset on ...

Shahzia Sikander is one of the contemporary art world's most celebrated stars. She's projecting her hypnotic video installations onto Times Square billboards; she's led exhibitions at major art ...

Click to open image viewer. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Against a ...

Catch up on the day's news you need to know. It’s a miniature that’s probably about 5 inches by about 3 inches. It’s a hand-painted peacock on a bone-type material. So the detail the artist puts in, ...

The first major retrospective devoted to the Karachi-born, Brooklyn-based artist Hiba Schahbaz, The Garden, features works spanning 15 years of the artist’s practice—including loans from private ...

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