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\n\tThe National Museum of Asian Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will play home to 26 works on loan from Paris during the run of \u201cFrom the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art,\u201d an exhibition opening September 26 and continuing into January 2027.<\/p>\n
\n\tAs reported by The Art Newspaper<\/em>, \u201cThe exhibition will feature a number of stunning objects that have never been shown in the United States, among them a bronze statue from Islamic Spain known as the Lion of Monz\u00f3n (10th-11th century) and a particularly large decorated ceramic Ottoman bowl dated to around 1480. Spanning the 7th century to the 19th century and territory from present-day Spain to India, the works due to cross the Atlantic include paintings, ceramics, metalwork, jade, glass objects and architectural elements.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA press release issued by the National Museum of Asia Art said the forthcoming exhibition \u201cinvites visitors to consider how artworks become masterpieces over time, highlighting not only artistic mastery but also histories of use and exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tChase F. Robinson, director of NMAA, said, \u201cDesired for their spectacular artistry and distinct craftsmanship, these objects of the Islamic world were enjoyed by a select few until they entered the Louvre. \u2026 Through this exhibition, we examine how masterpieces are shaped not only by their makers, but also by the public that celebrates them.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe exhibition will include paintings, metalwork, jade, ceramics, glass, and architectural elements, some of which connect directly to a decades-long connection between the Louvre and the NMAA. \u201cIn the early 20th century, museum founder Charles Lang Freer developed an artist and collector network, which included Louvre curator Gaston Migeon and French collector and art historian Raymond Koechlin, who\u00a0frequently corresponded with Freer,\u201d the exhibition\u2019s press release noted. \u201cAn object from Koechlin\u2019s collection\u2014a blue and turquoise plate with a peacock from the 16th-century Ottoman Empire\u2014is now at the Louvre and included in this exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/louvre-lends-islamic-masterpieces-to-smithsonian-1234794343\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Louvre_Hero_Image.jpg?w=1024″] The National Museum of Asian Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will play home to 26 works on loan from Paris during the run of \u201cFrom the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art,\u201d an exhibition opening September 26 and continuing into January 2027. As reported by The Art Newspaper, \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-2079653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2079653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2079653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2079653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2079653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}