Exposition | « Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens, The Art of the Qur’an in the Hossein Afshar Collection » — Museum of Fine Arts, Houston USA, du 28 juin 2025 au 28 juin 2026

Celebrating the art of the Qurʾan and the publication of the book Sea of Ink, Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qurʾan in the Hossein Afshar Collection, this presentation highlights a dozen masterworks that span the 7th to 19th century, shedding light on the production of deluxe Qurʾan manuscripts from across Islamic lands over more than 1,200 years. In addition, two contemporary works from the MFAH collection respond to the Qurʾan in unique ways. The Qurʾan is the Arabic-language earth...