The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art is preparing a new exhibition featuring 26 Islamic artworks loaned from the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The show, titled “From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art,” presents works spanning roughly 12 centuries of Islamic art history. According to reporting on the exhibition, the Louvre is lending the entire group of 26 pieces from its Islamic art collection, which will be displayed at the Smithsonian for the first time in the United States.
The Smithsonian announcement places the exhibition opening in late September, with outlets citing dates of September 25 and September 26 for the start of the presentation. The exhibition is scheduled to run through mid-January 2027, with an end date reported as January 18, 2027. The selection is intended to give visitors a broad historical overview through items drawn from the Louvre’s holdings. No additional details on individual objects, specific regions, or media are included in the provided accounts.
