Matisse in Studio Step into the studio of Henri Matisse, brimming with the artist’s treasured objects. Focusing exclusively on their important role in his work for the first time, we will reveal how this eclectic collection took on new life in his transcendent art. Matisse drew his collection from the [...]
Summary Since 1987 The Barakat Trust, with the help of its supporters, has raised and distributed funds for over 600 projects, across 40 countries, supporting students, scholars, projects, museums and universities across the world. We would like to Thank our main sponsor The British Museum for supporting our 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner. [...]
Summary An in-depth exploration of a unique archive of Middle Eastern topographical photographs dating from the early-20th century. Professor Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879 – 1974), a pioneer of medieval Islamic architectural scholarship, travelled extensively in the Middle East, photographing sites along the way and leaving an extremely important [...]
Summary The Barakat Trust's Grant applications for 2018 opened on 3 January 2018 and closes on 31 March 2018. Applicants will be informed of a decision shortly after the end of April 2018. Categories of AwardsThe Academic Advisory Committee annually defines the categories and values of awards within which applications may be [...]
Summary Misr and Mosque: Architectural Splendour and Political Authority in Medieval Cairo Illustrated talk explores the meaning and function of Cairo’s Friday mosques as discussed in a collection of legal opinions (fatwas) by the 14th century Sunni jurist al-Subki. For a city famous for its soaring minarets and magnificent architecture, Cairo has surprisingly few [...]
Summary The vast Muslim cemeteries of Cairo, known as the “City of the Dead”, were always also meant to be a city for the living. Today, they stretch for more than eight kilometres, forming a unique urban and social environment, part of a World Heritage Site and home to approxmiately [...]
