At international auctions and museums, carpets with intricate geometric patterns, dragon motifs and stylized crosses are ...

Makkah, April 01, 2024, SPA -- The many intricate geometric details that adorn the Grand Mosque of Makkah, including its domes, create a visually stunning pattern that delights the eye. Their precise ...

Whether simple and classy or utterly bonkers, these 26 World Cup kits are totally unforgettable.

There is a painting in the National Gallery that I keep coming back to. Hans Holbein the Younger’s ‘The Ambassadors’, from 1533, is one of those works that reveals something new each time, but what ...

Tess Jaray, painter who drew on Renaissance and Islamic art in her designs for large public spaces Before embarking on a piece she always asked herself: ‘How is it possible to cut out everything ...

In 1929, while renovating the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, a theologian discovered a fragment of gazelle skin that would rewrite the history of cartography. This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart ...

Videos circulating online appear to show Iranian ballistic missiles behaving in a very unusual way during their final descent over Israel. Instead of following a typical re-entry profile, the warheads ...

Platforms Gallery has organised a Tehzib Art Workshop open to art enthusiasts and the wider public, inviting them to experience the intricate beauty of the traditional art of illumination through a ...

The number seven, as in other Abrahamic faiths, is considered sacred among Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Shia Islam that emphasizes values of tolerance, volunteerism, and pluralism. The new Ismaili ...

2pm and 4pm | Pattern as Memory: Geometric Design with Sara Choudhrey Creative Studio GF06 Sign up for these creative workshops exploring geometric design with contemporary artist Sara Choudhrey. Draw ...

The visual arts allows us to understand people of earlier eras: visual literacy reveals many things about what these people did, knew, and believed. Examining the geometric patterns that characterize ...

This is part of a collection of stories spotlighting deeply rooted—yet sometimes less exposed—crafts hubs around the world and how to experience them. Read more here. Javier Menacho’s atelier is a ...