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Kour Pour: Cosmic Diagrams
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Muqarnas: Form and Light
Exhibition
Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms
Exhibition
As the Sun Appears from Beyond: Twenty Years of the Al Burda Award
Exhibition
#hopeandhealingcanada
Installation
Your Way Begins on the Other Side
Installation
Hassan Hajjaj: La Salle de Gym des Femmes Arabes
The Arab Women’s GymExhibition
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TD Pop-Up Performances
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Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
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Verse and Voice Featuring Tawhida Tanya Evanson and Yahya Hussein Abdallah
Off-Site Performance, Performances
Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee and Arnab Chakrabarty
Ishq Festival (Off-Site Performance)
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Duende and Hâl
Events
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BMO Free Wednesdays
Lectures & Talks, Special Events
Couchiching Annual Conference 2025
Securing Canada’s Atlantic Future: A Strategic dialogue
Special Events
Nuit Blanche 2025: Voices of the City
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Lectures & Talks
Through the Artist’s Lens
Exploring Muqarnas: Form and Light with Glenn McArthur
Lectures & Talks, Special Events
Couchiching Annual Conference 2025
Securing Canada’s Atlantic Future: A Strategic dialogue
Lectures & Talks
Connecting Cultures Through Typography
Curator Talk: Inner Structures — Outer Rhythms
Workshops
The Art of Water Marbling
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Fasayfisa’: Introduction to Mosaic Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Clay Tile Making Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Tazhib: The Art of Islamic Illumination Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Art and Science of Colour Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Persian Painting Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Lectures & Talks
Beyond the Label: Rethinking Islamic Art
In Conversation with Prof. Christiane Gruber
Film Screening
Songs of the Sufi: The Untold Story of Classical Qawwali
Ishq Festival
Workshops
Crafting Light: Turkish Mosaic Candle Holder Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Workshops
Metal Embossing: Patterns for the Page Workshop
Islamic Heritage Month
Collections Highlights
Pharmacy Jars (Albarelli)
Accession Number: AKM567 and AKM568
Place: Syria
Dimensions: AKM567: diameter 49.4 cm, height 32 cm, AKM568: diameter 49.4 cm, height 30.7 cm
Date: 15th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted
Bowl With A Fantastical Elephant-Headed Creature
Place: Iran
Dimensions: 15.2 cm
Date: early 13th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, lustre-painted
Ivory Horn (Oliphant)
Place: Probably Southern Italy; silver mounts made in England
Dimensions: 64 x 34 cm
Date: 11th to late12th Century; c. 1620
Materials and Technique: carved ivory with silver mount
Kashkul (Begging Bowl)
Place: Iran
Dimensions: 61 cm
Date: late 16th century
Materials and Technique: brass
Planispheric Astrolabe
Place: Spain, Toledo (probably)
Dimensions: 13.5 cm
Date: 14th century
Materials and Technique: bronze, engraved and inlaid with silver
Dish
Place: Iznik, Turkey
Dimensions:Diameter 34.3 cm, height 7.4 cm
Date:1570–80
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted
Isfandiyar Kills The Simurgh
Creator: attributed to Siyavusah
Place: Iran, Qazvin
Dimensions: 40.4 x 29.8 cm
Date: 1576–77
Materials and Technique: opaque watercolour, gold, silver and ink on paper
Shell With Inscriptions
Place: India
Dimensions: 14.5 cm
Date: 18th century
Materials and Technique: incised mother-of-pearl