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Detroit Institute of Arts Opens New Permanent Islamic Gallery

February 28, 2010 by  
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions

DETROIT, MI.- In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including a rare 15th-century Quran of a Mongol conqueror. “The Arab and Islamic community is significant enough that it needs to see itself in the museum,” said director Graham W.J. Beal. “Their collection had not been shown very prominently in the previous recent decades.” Sunday’s opening comes as [...]