The Emory and Atlanta community gathered to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Michael C. Carlos Museum to mark the arrival of spring. The event was full of art, music and performances.
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The newest exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, “Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam Through Time and Place,” explores the long history, vast geographic expanse and remarkable diversity of works of art in the Islamic world.
Although the museum is currently open only to Emory faculty, students and staff because of the pandemic, numerous programs related to the exhibit will be offered on Zoom.
The exhibit, which runs from Jan. 26 until May 9, is organized by and drawn from the collections of the Newark Museum of Art. It features more than 100 works in nearly all media, including carpets, costumes, jewelry, ceramics, glassware, metalworks, prints, paintings and photographs.