U of Michigan to Exhibit 11 Centuries of Islamic Art in 'Fragments from the Past'

THE MICHIGAN DAILY
By Giancarlo Buonomo,

Selections from the Islamic Collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

MICHIGAN---For the next several months, the University of Michigan Museum of Art will exhibit Islamic art that showcases the beauty and complexity of everyday objects from the eighth through the 19th centuries. A collaborative effort. UMMA will host the exhibition of objects from the Kelsey Museum of Architecture in its glass-walled Stenn Gallery. This exhibition is part of the UM Collections Collaborations series, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, where the UMMA showcases the diversity of the University’s art collections. [link]

University of Michigan Museum of Art: "Fragments from the Past: Islamic Art from the Collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology," (Nov. 30 until April 13); 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI; (734)764-0395; umma.umich.edu