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“Teveccüh” is a group exhibition of Yildiz Palace Classical Turkish Art Centre’s end of a year show that includes students’ and master artists’ works of tazhip, miniature, calligraphy and marbling. I’d like to share some details from this show. Master N. Kurfeyz, S.Saglam Master N. Kurfeyz, S.Saglam

The Getty Center website published an article that points out examples of diversity in medieval miniatures: https://www.getty.edu/news/the-black-knight-of-the-round-table/ The article was published on September 1, 2022 by Meg Butler, in conjunction with the Getty's new publication The Fantasy of t

For those of you seeking valuation of your miniature paintings: please read this first https://www.christies.com/features/Collecting-Guide-Persian-Miniature-Paintings-8609-1.aspx

Hello all, today in our Monthly Meeting we discussed the idea of Miniature Painting Film Nights with @Nadia Khan , proposing to start with Amit Dutta's Nainsukh. I uploaded some stills in this forum > Writing and Films about Painting > Amit Dutta films, and also included a mini review of the lates

Since we can travel virtually and live vicariously online, here are some images from the Dürer show at London's National Gallery. They are for the most part engravings; look for the fine detail which we can enjoy as miniature lovers. Scroll down for the famous Melancholia and more... And now for som

Female miniature painters! I’m glad to read about these. Sahifa Banu made copies of Behzad’s work (sometimes spelt Bihzad); I’m looking forward to teaching a class on Behzad and his famous camels next year at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts. Ruqaya Banu also did a contemplative man and copie

I am honoured to have unique, gritty, determined, talented and committed students and so I propose this opportunity for you: There’s an empty gallery in the middle of the desert ready and waiting for your beautiful works to transform it into an oasis. Let’s do an end-of-year Christmas student show

The New York Times has an article about a Shahzia Sikander exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York that might be of interest, particularly to those able to go see it: Here is a video about it: https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/shahzia-sikander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNi

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities June 18 through September 26, 2021 https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/shahzia-sikander Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is internationally celebrated for bringing Indo-Persian miniature-painting traditions into dialogue with contemporary art pr

Last chance to Meet the Artists! Bring a sheet of paper and a piece of string!* Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carpet-pages-iii-pixels-meet-the-artists-private-view-online-event-3-tickets-126963654709 Treats to expect: We’ll attempt to make a bookmark - during the live session, as somet

Gold is such an integral part of miniature manuscripts that we can't conceive of them without it. So here are some images, manuscript and otherwise, celebrating this essential element. For those of you who have better images than me ( @Anastasia Doran ? @Susan Dobrian ?) and didn't have a toddler

Links to online events: Artists' talk online with Rayan Elnayal, Jean Morris and myself, and my online miniature painting demonstration (free): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-in-conversation-reimagining-spaces-and-restoring-lost-histories-tickets-319119463907 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-i

While internet browsing I stumbled upon this blog post about the 2018 show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Time and Again: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art." https://unframed.lacma.org/2018/05/02/time-and-again-intersection-past-and-present-iranian-art I'm very curious

With thanks to the FB post over at that forum - here's the Rietberg Museum with a bit about its collection (and just keep scrolling for more art objects from around the world!) : https://rietberg.ch/en/stories/undefined And... finally, watch Nainsukh for free here, courtesy of the museum: https://

The tradition of painting on copper is an old one. The Encyclopaedia Britannica has an entry on 'miniature painting' in another sense of its meaning: European portrait miniatures - Nicholas Hilliard et al. https://www.britannica.com/art/miniature-painting I'm glad to see that this venerable encycl

And now for something completely different... (scroll down for Materials List) Introducing... THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Using - and arguing with - the methodology of the ancient wunderkammern , the cabinets of curiosities of the Renaissance - we will paint a collection of wonders in oils divided i

Apologies in advance for some of the rushed photos - there were a LOT of people in the exhibition and I had to jostle for space with a mask on and 2 kids and still try to feel safe! Overall, I want to give a feel for the book arts section of this show and the feeling you get when encountering them.

This looks absolutely fabulous!! England folk @Vaishali Prazmari @Anastasia Doran @Sara , you have to go and take pictures and tell us all about it: https://www.iranheritage.org/epic-iran-press-release.html

Hello Everyone: I had an idea that I floated at this month's workshop, thoroughly inspired by Vaishali's "Carpet Pages IV" project---why don't we students try on the different roles of miniature painting apprentices, mailing the work to the next artist after each round? One of us can draw/trace an

There is a game in the show at www.carpetpages.com , read on… THE GAME OF THE 2 QUILLS 2 Prizes there are to be won One spiky and one soft So let’s have a little fun In the desert, but don’t get lost One is a known unknown And is already history One is waiting to be shown And is a total mystery If

I came across this pdf of a collection of Persian and Indian miniatures. Loads of paintings! https://www.francescagalloway.com/usr/documents/exhibitions/list_of_works_url/34/awny-2018-francesca-gallowaym-res.compressed.pdf

A show in London - there will be some small, and not so small, miniature paintings there... P21 Gallery is proud to present Kalila wa Dimna: Ancient Tales for Troubled Times , a collaborative art exhibition and events programme that brings together academic researchers, artists, curators, and commu

Contemporary miniature painting - an old show but bears revisiting - the Pera museum in Turkey: https://www.peramuseum.org/exhibition/miniature-2-0/1255