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2022/10/26 - 2023/02/25
Baghdad - Eye’s Delight Exhibition
Museum of Islamic Art
Baghdad: Eye’s Delight celebrates Baghdad as the most important and influential city ever created in the Islamic world. The exhibition will reveal Baghdad’s outstanding heritage as the capital of the great Abbasid caliphs (750-1258 CE) but also of the 20th century when the city once again experienced a renewed period of prosperity with the discovery of oil.
The display takes the visitor on an imaginary tour across centuries, highlighting Baghdad’s role as a city of power, scholarship, and riches. It also explores Baghdad’s role as a city of industry and commerce, from the flourishing trade under the Abbasids to the development of modern infrastructure in the 20th century. The journey ends with a look at the city’s social fabric, its cosmopolitan population and many traditions, which have – despite war and destruction – enabled the city to thrive, time and time again.
The exhibition is jointly curated by Dr. Julia Gonnella, Director, Museum of Islamic Art and MIA Curatorial Team: Dr. Mounia Chekhab Abudaya, Dr. Tara Desjardins, Nicoletta Fazio and Simone Struth.
The exhibition features objects on loan from 22 lenders including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Benaki Museum, the Vatican, and the Barjeel Foundation.
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