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Highlights of the Art Institute's Islamic Collection
May 23, 2013
6:00PM–7:00PM
Fullerton Hall
Free with museum admission
Daniel Walker, Art Institute of Chicago, highlights luxurious carpets, splendid manuscript paintings, and calligraphy now on view in the newly installed gallery of Islamic art.
Iran, Tabriz. King Anushirwan and the Owls, circa 1535. Samuel L. Nickerson Fund.

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