RIYADH: On Sept. 26, Washington DC’s celebrated Smithsonian Institution opens the doors on “From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art.” The exhibition, which runs until Jan. 18 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, marks the first time the renowned Paris museum has loaned these 26 masterfully-crafted Islamic artworks from its permanent collection to another institution. Against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary, the exhibition “can be seen as a sort of gesture of friend
Smithsonian partners with Louvre for ‘Masterpieces of Islamic Art’
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