Light filtered through a 17th-century white marble jali screen, and an intricate geometric pattern illuminated the floor. The jali screen, part of the Walters Art Museum’s “Pearls on a String: Artists ...
The premise of “Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts” seems so intuitive that it takes awhile to realize just how ambitious this show is. Organized by the ...
In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic heritage of the AlUla oasis is literally carved into the landscape. From the enigmatic rock art of the Neolithic era, through the colossal statues of the ...