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Asma-ul-Husna and Ayat-ul-Kursi IV, a mixed-media calligraphic painting by Ayesha Kamal

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center · Ward Circle, Northwest DC

Más allá de las palabras: el arte sagrado de Ayesha Kamal (Beyond Words: The Sacred Art of Ayesha Kamal)

Now showing5 September 2026 – 6 December 2026·Free

Pinturas de técnica mixta a gran escala de la calígrafa islámica contemporánea, que transforman versículos coránicos y nombres divinos en superficies con texturas, pan de oro y una caligrafía de extraordinaria complejidad.

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Interwoven: Una tradición textil (Interwoven: A Tradition of Textiles)

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Painted portrait of Lloyd Walton Patterson, on long-term loan to Hillwood

Retrato de Lloyd Patterson (Portrait of Lloyd Patterson)

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Busy Bliss: La pasión de un coleccionista (Busy Bliss: A Collector's Passion)

Dumbarton Oaks Museum & Gardens

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