Through the masterpieces of the exhibition Al-Fann: Art from the Islamic Civilization from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Prof. Giovanni Curatola, guest curator at the DAI (Dar al-Atthar al-Islamiyya, Kuwait), will focus on some aspects of the development of Islamic art during the past centuries. Prof. Curatola is an internationally well known scholar who has curated several exhibitions on Islamic art and written extensively on several aspects of Islam. He holds the chair of “Archaeology and History of Islamic Art”, University of Udine, Italy.

*Lecture will be conducted in English.