Closing soon in Paris is the most recent rendezvous for the West’s occasional romance with the Islamic world. ‘Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity’ at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a look back at the creative exchange of another era. If you miss the show in the City of Love, you can catch it in Dallas, City of … Texas.
For an examination of fine, rather than decorative art, there was the 2020 mini blockbuster at the British Museum, curated by me, ‘Looking East: How the Islamic world influenced Western art’. This was soon followed by a display of Tantric Buddhism and its more lascivious appeal.
