[caption id="attachment_47664" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66) c. 1555–60, Turkey, currently The Met Museum of Art, NY[/caption] [caption id="attachment_47668" align="alignleft" width="337"] Courtney Ann Stewart, courtesy SUNY Purchase University, NY[/caption] Name : Courtney Ann Stewart | Country : New York, USA | Years Active : 15 | Website : Courtney Ann Stewart & Senior Research Assistant, Department of Islamic Art, […]
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Conversations with Vikki Zhang (Artist)
Name : Vikki Zhang | Country : China | Years Active : 6 | Website : Vikki Zhang Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? I am a freelance illustrator who primarily works on books, advertising, packaging, film posters, textile designs, etc. I am also setting up my brand, in which I designed […]
Conversations with Roshan Mishra (Curator)
Name : Roshan Mishra, Director/Curator | Country : NEPAL | Years Active : 7 years | Website: Taragaon Museum & Global Nepali Museum Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? The word “curator” may sound too complicated for people who are not from […]
Conversations with Rahma Qassim Jabir Al-Farsi (UNESCO)
Name : Rahma Qassim Jabir Al-Farsi | Country : Sultanate of Oman | Years Active : Focal Point Silk Roads of Sultanate of Oman since 2016 | Website : UNESCO Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? I am the Director General of Museums at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture of […]
Bloomsday 2020
[caption id="attachment_46967" align="alignleft" width="512"] Berenice Abbott, JAMES JOYCE 1926 Gelatin silver print Print Date 1935–55, The Museum of Modern Art, New York[/caption] RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland’s National Public Service Broadcaster) is set to broadcast an almost 30-hour production of James Joyce’s Ulysses to celebrate the annual Bloomsday festival. Named after the novel’s protagonist Leopold Bloom, Bloomsday is a celebration of […]
Yeats Day 2020
How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true;But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face (When you are Old and Grey, 1892)
Conversations with Kristine Rose-Beers (Conservator)
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi, The Shanama (Book of Kings), circa 1010, collection Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland – Film by Elaine Wright and John Forde, © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library Name : Kristine Rose-Beers ACR | Country : Ireland | Years Active : 18 | Website : Chester Beatty Library & Twitter Q – How do you describe your work to people who […]
Conversations with Petya Andreeva (Art Historian)
Music Video inspired by the The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolian: Ингэн нулимс, Ingen nulims, Tears of the Camel) directed and written by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. The German-Mongolian docudrama was Mongolia’s submission for the 2004 Academy Award Best Foreign Film category. Name : Petya Andreeva | Country : United States (active), Bulgaria (native) | Years Active : 3, Since […]
President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland on Arts & Society
President Higgins’ letter to Hi Excellency Mr. David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament 4th June, 2020 Dear President Sassoli, As a former President of the Council of Culture Ministers of the European Union, I write to you to stress the need for, and seek support for initiatives that I believe are urgently needed to make […]
Conversations with Cornelis van Lit (Scholar)
Name : Cornelis van Lit | Country : The Netherlands | Years Active : 9 | Website: Cornelis van Lit & Digital Orientalist
Conversations with Vania Assis (Conservator)
[caption id="attachment_45985" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Working on Dunhuang Scrolls, courtesy Vania Assis[/caption] Name : Vania Assis | Country : Portugal based, worked in London & Hong Kong | Website: On Twitter (website under construction)| Years Active : 12 Q – How do you describe your work to people who don’t know anything about your field? As a Conservator, that is something that happens […]
Conversations with Jose Maria Chiquillo Barber (UNESCO)
Name : JOSE MARIA CHIQUILLO BARBER | Country : Spain | Website : UNESCO | Years Active : 5 years – as Chair of the UNESCO’s International Network of Silk Roads Focal Points. Focal Point Spain.