Commission of a lifetime for Indian artist
By Megan • Jan 16th, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)Georgina Adam reports for The Art Newspaper:
“LONDON. The Dubai-based Indian painter M.F. Husain, aged 92, has been commissioned by the wife of the Emir of Qatar to make 99 paintings for the new Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
Husain says the figure of 99 was chosen because of the 99 names of God in Islam. “Some of the works are small and some are big, but together they highlight what Arab civilisation has given to mankind,” he said.”
Megan is a creative producer at Wise Elephant.
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