<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">New exhibit is opening in Houston this weekend at the Museum of Fine Arts: </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/al-sabah-collection/">http://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/al-sabah-collection/</A></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 3px; RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=3>Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait</FONT></div>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" class=floatL>Jan 26, 2013 - Jan 26, 2014</DIV>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Among the highlights showcased in this display are spectacular Mughal jewelry, illuminated manuscripts, exquisite ceramics, and intricately decorated ceiling panels. More than 60 examples from the 8th to 18th centuries are on view, made in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The collection also includes carpets, glass and metalwork, paintings, architectural fragments, scientific instruments, and works on paper.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Saturday, Jan 26th, 4-5pm: free lecture (with museum general admission). </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Check it out, Hillary<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></div></DIV></div></body></html>