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Kour Pour: Cosmic Diagrams
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Muqarnas: Form and Light
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Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms
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As the Sun Appears from Beyond: Twenty Years of the Al Burda Award
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Your Way Begins on the Other Side
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#hopeandhealingcanada
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TD Pop-Up Performances
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Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Off-Site Performance, Performances
Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee and Arnab Chakrabarty
Ishq Festival (Off-Site Performance)
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Duende and Hâl
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BMO Free Wednesdays
Lectures & Talks, Special Events
Couchiching Annual Conference 2025
Securing Canada’s Atlantic Future: A Strategic dialogue
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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
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 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