[Scriptoris] Kimbell Museum exhibit - Palace and Mosque - Islamic art from the Victoria and Albert Museum

[Hillary Greenslade]

The Kimbell Art Musuem in Ft. Worth (Elfsea) has a new exhibit 
on 'Palace and Mosque' - Islamic art from the Victoria and Albert Museum;
100 of the V&A’s finest, many exhibited for the first time outside the museum. 

Dates: April 3-Sept 4, 2005
Tickets: $6. Adults

This is a smallish museum, so maybe worth pre-ordering tickets online, 
if you think it's going to be crowded your visiting weekend.   

Additionally, there are a series of lectures: 
Fridays, 7 p.m., Museum auditorium

These evening talks by distinguished guest speakers address a range of 
topics on the appreciation and interpretation of art. They are free and 
open to the public. Seating is limited.

April 22 (not really Islamic, but thought it interesting to list)
Maya Scribes on Maya Vases
(not really Islamic, but thought it interesting to list)
Michael D. Coe, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and 
curator emeritus in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven

May 13
Competing Visions: Rivalries between Islamic Dynasties in Art and Politics
Persis Berlekamp, assistant professor of art history, The University of Texas at Austin

August 5
Imagined Gardens, Illuminated Words: 
Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum 
Priscilla Soucek, deputy director and James R. McCredie Professor of Islamic Art, 
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 

Enjoy, Hillary Greenslade