Islamic Art Welcomed at Utah's Mormon University Museum of Art

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UTAH - Bringham Young University’s Museum of Art announced Wednesday morning its upcoming exhibition of Islamic art. The exhibit will feature more than 250 pieces of art from more than 10 different countries and in February BYU will be this exhibit’s first stop on its tour throughout the country. “Beauty is a universal concept. A unifying force and a source for hope for a better future,” said BYU College of Fine Arts and Humanities Dean Stephen Jones. The MOA is known for being the premier art museum in the Mountain West and the most attended university art museum in North America. The museum’s upcoming addition entitled “Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture” will feature art foreign to many in Utah. Sabiha al Khemir is an expert in Islamic art and serves as project director of the new exhibit that will travel to art museums throughout the United States after its stay at BYU-Museum of Art. Museum officials also say they hope the art will help viewers value the diversity and richness of the Islamic culture. [link]