The Qur’an states that if the ocean became ink for the words of Allah, surely the ocean would be exhausted. In Islam, calligraphy is regarded as the highest and noblest of all arts. This exhibition presents 1000 years of Islamic calligraphy from Iran, India and Indonesia.
This exhibition holds the illuminated manuscript Mathnavi of poet and scholar Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, and the work of the famous calligrapher Muhammad Hussein Kashmiri, on whom Indian emperor Akbar the Great bestowed the title of The Golden Pen.
Type of Event: Art and design
Venue: Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Date: from 7 August 2015 to 27 March 2016
Price: free
Website: Art Gallery of South Australia
Telephone: (08) 8207 7000
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