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One of the keynote speeches at the conference on the 5th of april will be held by Sheila R. Canby. She is the head of the department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. You can check out the incredible collection of the museum right here.

Islamic Art | Collection Database | Works of Art | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York © 2000–2011 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved. 1000 Fifth Avenue. New York, New York 10028.

NRC Vrijdag 4 maart 2011 Pleidooi voor een plek voor islamitische kunst

Make sure to read NRC Handelsblad this friday! With an interesting article about the 'Islamic' Art Conference.

PRESENTING “ISLAMIC” ART IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
International Conference | Amsterdam | 5 April 2011

What makes “Islamic” art Islamic?
What are the conceptual aspirations of “Islamic” art?
Is “Islamic” art transcultural, or is it culturally restricted?

These are just some of the many questions that will be addressed by the conference Presenting “Islamic” Art in Contemporary Context, to be held in Amsterdam on 5 April 2011. This international gathering will bring together museum curators, art historians and cultural strategists to assess the relevance of “Islamic” art to a contemporary audience.
The conference is highly topical and comes at a time when several major museums are re-evaluating their “Islamic” art collections. While its scope is international, special attention will be given to the Dutch context, in which “Islamic” art seems to have been largely absent from public view. The conference will take advantage of what is relatively unexplored territory in the Netherlands, to suggest a fresh approach or a guideline to the study and presentation of “Islamic” art, based on international expertise and experience.

The international conference Presenting “Islamic” Art in Contemporary Context is an initiative of Messis Foundation (www.messis.nl).
Time: 9h00 – 18h00 Venue: Oude Lutherse Kerk Amsterdam, Singel 411 Entrance fee: 10 euro (students: 5 euro) Language: English Register at www.messis.nl/conference

Welcome to our new page! Here you can find information about all the projects of the Messis Foundation, especially the "Islamic" Art Conference that will be held on the 5th of April 2011 in De Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam. Make sure to register for this extraordinary event at: http://www.messis.nl/en/register.html

The Messis Foundation - Registration The Messis Foundation is a Netherlands based foundation which develops, organises, produces and distributes cultural projects in media, visual art and education.