What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri ...

After the recent frenzy of Art Week here in Los Angeles ... Fusing geometric abstraction with elements from Persian miniature painting and Islamic design, Pour’s constructed paintings weave ...

Coloring a mandala ... Making art is one way to reach deeper states of calm that can serve as an anchor, for yourself and for others. A line attributed to the 14th century Persian poet Hafez ...

Colonel Antoine Polier (1741-95), a Franco-Swiss native who enlisted with the English East India Company, was affiliated with the provincial court of the Nawabs of Awadh from 1772-86 and heavily ...

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, ...

As winter fades in the Northern Hemisphere and the days grow longer, millions of people prepare to welcome Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which marks the arrival of spring and symbolises fresh ...

Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence ...

Then the music started, and a crew of nine began a full run-through of “Song of the North,” an elaborate shadow puppet staging of stories from the 10th-century Persian epic the “Shahnameh.” ...

Called “L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs,” it ran from April to October 1925, attracted 16 million people, and was a celebration of Modernism and Art Deco design. It occupied ...

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...