Curating Islamic art worldwide: from Malacca to Manchester

Abstract

"This volume gives voice to cultural institutions working with collections of Islamic art and material culture globally, including many from outside Western Europe and North America. The contributions inform a vibrant, ongoing global conversation around curatorship in this field, one that embraces the responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities for those engaged in it. Contributors - including art historians, curators and education specialists - discuss curatorial methodologies in theoretical and practical terms, present new exhibitions of Islamic art and culture, and explore the role of educational and engagement practices related to Islamic collections and Muslim audiences" -- Back cover.

Contents

Objects, Storytelling, Memory and Living Histories: Curating Islamic Art Empathically in an Era of Trauma and Displacement / Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi -- Labelling Islam: Structuring Ideas in Islamic Galleries in Europe / Klas Grinell -- Not Malacca but Marege: Islamic Art in Australia (or, ‘What Have the Umayyads Ever Done for Us?’) / Sam Bowker -- From Mosque to Museum: The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures, Be’er Sheva, Israel / Sharon Laor-Sirak -- Display of the Sacred Relics Gallery in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul / Beyza Uzun -- In Pursuit of Islamic Art in Moscow / Galina Lasikova -- Representing the Bangsamoro in an Exhibition of Ethnography at the National Museum of the Philippines / Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador, Cyril A. Santos -- Displaying the Cultures of Islam at the British Museum: The Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World / Venetia Porter, William Greenwood -- Islamic Art and Saudi Arabia: Reconnecting Communities with Collections / Idries Trevathan -- Exploring World Faiths in Museum Collections: The Example of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin / Jenny Siung -- Curating Islamic Art in the Central United States: New Approaches to Collections, Installations and Audience Engagement / Kimberly Masteller