Exhibitions

2022-2023

The Diriyah Biennale Foundation

The al-Sabah Collection is given a prime recognition in homage to its founder late Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah at Diriyah Bienale in Jeddah which opened yesterday to celebrate Islamic art. Organised tours in galleries of the different institutions are

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The Diriyah Biennale Foundation

جدة…شاركت الشيخة بيبي ناصر صباح الاحمد منذ قليل في افتتاح بينالي الدرعية للفنون الإسلامية تحت رعاية وزارة الثقافة في المملكة العربية السعودية و كان لدار الآثار الإسلامية شرف المشاركة بمعرض من مقتنيات مجموعة الصباح الآثارية الذي أقيم تكريما لذكرى المرحوم

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The Home of Kind Words

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah(DAI) celebrated the opening of its third children-curated exhibition, directed by Mrs. Maha al-Essa, Head of Volunteer’s Programme, entitled “Home of Kind Words”: Calligraphy in The al-Sabah Collection, with artifacts that represent untold stories, and words that left

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2021-2022

2019-2020

Water Is Life

Under the patronage of the Director General of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, The Ambassador of Italy Carlo Baldocci, and Mr Roberto MILO ROUSELLE, Contracts Director Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A.

The opening of our newest gallery in Yarmouk

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Hope Through Solidarity

Opening of the “Hope through Solidarity” exhibition in collaboration with The Brazilian Embassy in Kuwait on Sunday, 20th of October 2019 at the Yarmouk Cultural Centre.

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The Place I Call Home

Under the patronage of Mr. Kamel Al-Abdeljaleel the Secretary-General of the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters, and in cooperation with the British Council in the presence of His Excellency the UK Ambassador to Kuwait, Mr. Michael Davenport and

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2018-2019

RIBA

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is the proud supporter of the Royal Institute for British Architecture (RIBA) Exhibition which is being hosted by us from the 7th – 25th April 2018 at the Amricani Cultural Centre.

British Ambassador to Kuwait HMA Michael

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Mirrored Nature: The Full Circle

Mirrored Nature: The Full Circle, is an exhibition curated by children ages (6-10) who participated in the Children’s Art Workshop.

This is the second time for the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, and one of a very few times in the world,

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Memory of Peru

In photographs 1890-1950، the Peruvian photography is nurtured with the unquestionable talent of a group of excellent visual creators that used a photographic camera- one of the most distinguished emblems of modernity in that pertained period- as a means to

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2017-2018

Treasures from the Al Thani Collection

The Arab Gulf States cultural presence in China was omnipresent twice in the capital Beijing. Last year it was the exhibition ( Roads of Arabia) exhibiting a comprehensive collection from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held at the National Museum

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2016-2017

Makkah in Silver

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, is the only Islamic state to receive an exhibition from the Moscow Mint of the Russian Federation Ministry of Finance, which issued this collection of replica stamps of the Holy city of Makkah. The exhibition is

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2015-2016

MAK ” Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989″

The MAK ” Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949-1989″ exhibition will officially open in the Yarmouk Cultural Centre on Sunday March 20th at 7 PM. This exhibition covers 150 projects dating back to Kuwait in the 1950s.

Recently, the MAK exhibition was

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Embassy of Japan in Kuwait

In collaboration with the Embassy of Japan, DAI opened a Japanese photography exhibition ranging from landscape to vintage. His Excellency Ashiki Takashi provided a speech in fluent Arabic in front of an audience with the Mayor of Yarmouk present. The

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From Qurtubato CordobaExhibition Opens

The city of Cordoba, declared a World Heritage Site in 1994, is known worldwide for its Arab-Islamic past. Monuments, such as the Mosque-Cathedral and the Madinat al-Zahra Archaeological site, bear witness to such splendour and are just a few of

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2014-2015

Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection

H.E. Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) opened Long Ago Zoo: Animals in The al-Sabah Collection, an exhibition curated by children between the ages of 6

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