LACMA and the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture to Collaborate on Exhibition of Islamic Art in Saudi Arabia

LACMA and Saudi Aramco’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (“the Center”) are pleased to announce that the Center will exhibit more than 130 highlights of Islamic art from LACMA’s renowned collection on the occasion of the Center’s opening. The installation will include works of art from an area extending from southern Spain to northern India along with a never-before shown 18th-century period room from Damascus, recently acquired by LACMA.

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Damascus Room, 1766–67/1181 A.H. (detail), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the conservation of the Damascus room is organized in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, a Saudi Aramco initiative; the room will be part of the opening exhibitions in the Center’s launch in 2016. Additional conservation support was provided by the Friends of Heritage Preservation, photo © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA

Damascus Room, 1766–67/1181 A.H. (detail), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the conservation of the Damascus room is organized in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, a Saudi Aramco initiative; the room will be part of the opening exhibitions in the Center’s launch in 2016. Additional conservation support was provided by the Friends of Heritage Preservation, photo © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA

Damascus Room, 1766–67/1181 A.H. (detail), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the conservation of the Damascus room is organized in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, a Saudi Aramco initiative; the room will be part of the opening exhibitions in the Center’s launch in 2016. Additional conservation support was provided by the Friends of Heritage Preservation, photo © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA

Damascus Room, 1766–67/1181 A.H. (detail), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the conservation of the Damascus room is organized in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, a Saudi Aramco initiative; the room will be part of the opening exhibitions in the Center’s launch in 2016. Additional conservation support was provided by the Friends of Heritage Preservation, photo © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA