The name of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates regional art’s identity struggle AFP
The name of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates regional art’s identity struggle AFP
Middle of what? The tricky business of labelling regional art
Putting a title on the region’s art has long led to half measures and hand-wringing around the world that often fails to nail its nub, so what can be done to solve this complex conundrum?