Much of Iraq’s modern art vanished after the U.S. invaded. A show of Baghdad’s 20th-century modernists helps fill in the record.

Much of Iraq’s modern art vanished after the U.S. invaded. A show of Baghdad’s 20th-century modernists helps fill in the record.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Much of Iraq’s modern art vanished after the U.S. invaded. A show of Baghdad’s 20th-century modernists helps fill in the record.

Shahzia Sikander’s “The Last Post,” a video installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, mesmerizes as an abstracted examination of colonialism.

The Smithsonian’s “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World” uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the struggle for justice.

Tsedaye Makonnen’s ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration.

Turkey has drawn extensively from the U.S. counterterrorism post-9/11 playbook to go after exiled political enemies, in particular the Gulen movement.

Inci Eviner said that Qatar's Mathaf museum censored her work 'Harem' from a show about Jean-Léon Gérôme.

At least 231 children have been killed and 1,330 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The Shahnama, the Persian national epic, comes to life in an intricate illustrated 14th-century text made under the Mongols, on view at the National Museum of Asian Art.

In “To the City,” Alexander Christie-Miller examines the modern lives of those who live alongside Istanbul’s ancient walls.

In “To the City,” Alexander Christie-Miller examines the modern lives of those who live alongside Istanbul’s ancient walls.

Refik Anadol’s AI-assisted installation at the Reach is an impressive audiovisual show — and can’t help but feel a little removed from Dvorak’s works.

The Walters Art Museum’s impressive “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” is an extensive survey of Ethiopian art and cultural production.

Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, “The Land Carries Our Ancestors” showcases contemporary work by roughly 50 Indigenous artists.

The Walters Art Museum’s reconceived installation of its Asian and Islamic art galleries emphasizes cultural interactions and interconnectivity.

Project aims to raise awareness of trafficking and the relationship between artefacts and communities