From the category archives:

2017



Introduction & Keynote Address

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Defining Meaning and Value in Contemporary Islamic Art

Lalla Essaydi
Lalla Essaydi, Gender, Power and Tradition

HRH Wijdan Fawaz Al-Hashemi
HRH Wijdan Fawaz Al-Hashemi, Contemporary or Modern Islamic Art?

Nada Shabout
Nada Shabout, Contemporary Trajectories: Iraqi Art in Context

Nacim Pak-Shiraz
Nacim Pak-Shiraz, Iranian Cinema Today: An Ode to the Past and New Directions in the Future?

Mohammad al-Asad
Mohammad al-Asad, Whose History Is It Anyway: The Presence of the Past in the Architecture of the Lands of Islam over the Past Century and a Half

Newsha Tavakolian
Newsha Tavakolian, A Shah, a Russian and My Grandfather: Iranian Photography, a History

Panel Q&A – Day 1
Questions and answers with the panel of presenters from the first day of the 2017 Islamic Art Symposium

Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander, The Future of Indo-Persian Miniature Painting Tradition

Linda Komaroff
Linda Komaroff, Islamic Art Now and Then

Hassan Hajjaj, in conversation with Alice Planel
Hassan Hajjaj, in conversation with Alice Planel, Hub Wahad: On Finding Inspiration in a Community of Nomads

Venetia Porter
Venetia Porter, What does the contemporary art of the Middle East tell us about the cultures, histories, and politics of the region today?

Stefano Carboni
Stefano Carboni, Collecting ‘Islamic’ Art in Southeast Asia and Australia: Past, Present and Future

Panel Q&A – Day 2
Questions and answers with the panel of presenters from the second day of the 2017 Islamic Art Symposium.