Group exhibition

Affinités. Les merveilles des arts de l’Islam aux Objets d’art

About fifty objects from the Louvre’s Islamic art department, made between the ninth and seventeenth centuries, set among the European decorative arts galleries.

With the Islamic art galleries closed for renovation, some of their major pieces move into the Decorative Arts rooms, where Islamic art was shown for over a century. Carved gems, ivories, lusterware, inlaid metal and enameled glass are grouped around three themes: light, color and sculpture.

The route traces technical inventions in Islamic lands and the fascination they held for Europe, where such objects traveled from the Middle Ages on and shaped local design. Curated by Annabelle Collinet and Philippe Malgouyres.

Full details at louvre.fr