Another Major Islamic Art Exhibit Heads to US Museums in 2013

THE OREGONIAN
By D.K. Row

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OREGON - The Portland Art Museum will be one of four museums to host a major exhibition on Islamic art over the next two years. The exhibit, "Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges With the Arts of Islamic Culture," is being organized by the Brigham Young University Museum of Art in Provo, Utah, and spans Islamic culture from the seventh century to the present. More than 250 artworks and artifacts from 40 collections in nine countries, including Kuwait, Morocco, Great Britain and the United States, will be featured in the show. Besides Brigham Young and the Portland museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Newark Museum are the other venues, so far, who've signed on to present the exhibit. The show will run in Portland from June 15, 2013, to Sept. 8, 2013. [link]