By Youssef El Kaidi
Morocco World News
Fez, July 1, 2013
The Spanish southern city of Seville is to host a unique exhibition under the theme “Light in the Art and Science in the Islamic World” in October, 2013. The exhibition which is an initiative by the Focus-Abengoa Foundation will show 150 unique pieces of Islamic art.
The event, which will be open to the public from October 25 to February 9, 2014, collects different objects, manuscripts, rare coins and prints, from a dozen countries, including Morocco, said Anabel Morillo Leon, Chief Executer Officer of the Foundation Focus -Abengoa.
This exhibition, which includes several Works from the Dar Batha Museum and Najjarine of Fez and the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco, is to showcase the Islamic legacy and heritage through unique pieces and entrench the values of peace and coexistence that characterized Islam throughout history.
The main idea of the exhibition is to highlight the importance of the alliance between light, art and science in the Islamic artistic creation since the eighth century. The objective is to show the diversity and richness of Islamic art. “This is the first exhibition of its kind ever held in the world, which took four years of work and contact to collect 150 pieces,” said Anabel Morillo Leon.
According to her this event, which brings together for the first time private and public collections, is the largest event organized by the Foundation in collaboration with the Dallas Museum of Art and the participating countries.
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