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Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500–1639

Current Exhibitions and Upcoming Talks, Conferences, Events, and Auctions

  • V&A Virtual Classroom: Primary Pattern & Maths (Spring 2022)
    V&A Virtual Classroom: Primary Pattern & Maths (Spring 2022)
    Victoria and Albert Museum (Online Class)
    31 January–22 March 2022, 11:10–13:45
    Victoria and Albert Museum (Online Class)
    31 January–22 March 2022, 11:10–13:45
    Victoria and Albert Museum (Online Class)
    Connect your class via Zoom to the V&A through live interactive sessions delivered by museum experts to bring museum objects and their stories to life virtually.
  • Islamic Art Circle Lectures
    Islamic Art Circle Lectures
    SOAS, University of London (Online Lecture)
    19 January–8 June 2022
    SOAS, University of London (Online Lecture)
    19 January–8 June 2022
    SOAS, University of London (Online Lecture)
    A brilliant series of lectures on the Iranian and Indo-Persian art heritage by the important researchers of the day.
  • Journey of Color 
    Journey of Color 
    The National Museum of Asian Art
    May 4, 2023–ongoing
    The National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
    May 4, 2023–ongoing
    The National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
    Whether pulverising gold, crushing lapis lazuli, or grinding cochineal insects, artists across Asia have experimented for millennia with a wealth of minerals, bugs, and plants to create eye-catching pigments. Join us on a Journey of Color as we highlight thirty-four objects and their stories.
  • Life in a Cup: Coffee Culture in the Islamic World
    Life in a Cup: Coffee Culture in the Islamic World
    The British Museum, London
    27 October 2021–18 September 2022
    The British Museum, London , Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
    27 October 2021–18 September 2022
    The British Museum, London , Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
    Life in a cup presents a fascinating beverage story and explores the traditions that make coffee a way of life in parts of the Islamic world.
  • Freer’s Photographs, Diaries, and Objects: Networking a National Collection
    Freer’s Photographs, Diaries, and Objects: Networking a National Collection
    The National Museum of Asian Art (Zoom)
    Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 12:00–12:40
    The National Museum of Asian Art (Zoom)
    Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 12:00–12:40
    The National Museum of Asian Art (Zoom)
    In this talk, new Research from the National Museum of Asian Art will be presented, in which the staff members present brief, personal perspectives and ongoing research, followed by discussion. This series will focus on collecting practices and the collections of the National Museum of Asian.
  • Falcons: The Art of the Hunt
    Falcons: The Art of the Hunt
    The National Museum of Asian Art
    15 January–17 July 2022
    The National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
    15 January–17 July 2022
    The National Museum of Asian Art, 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
    A selection of paintings and objects from ancient Egypt to China offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of falcons.
  • The Age of Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān (Online Exhibition)
    The Age of Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān (Online Exhibition)
    Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, İstanbul
    On now
    Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, İstanbul
    On now
    Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, İstanbul
    Online exhibition that presents 46 different compositions that briefly present Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān’s rulership and age through perspectives of various manuscripts. The highlights include folios from Pīrī Reʾīs' Kitāb-i Beḥriyye, Kātib Çelebī's Tuḥfet el-kibār, and Muraqqaʿ of Süleymān’s ṭuğrā.
  • Islamic Ceramics: Archeology, The Art Market, and The Creation of Taste
    Islamic Ceramics: Archeology, The Art Market, and The Creation of Taste
    The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Online Talk)
    1 February 2022, 17:00–18:00
    The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Online Talk)
    1 February 2022, 17:00–18:00
    The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Online Talk)
    Online Talk with Dr. Scott Redford Nasser D. Khalili in which the lecture explores the roles played the dealers, collectors, and museums in creating a body of material known as "Islamic ceramics."
  • Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith
    Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    30 August 2021–13 February 2022
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
    30 August 2021–13 February 2022
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
    The exhibition’s chronology, 1000 to 1200, corresponds to a pivotal era in the history of the Spanish Middle Ages—one that saw significant shifts in the balance of power between Christian and Muslim rulers.
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