Address

Balai Khazanah Islam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Simpang 26, Jalan Pengiran Babu Raja Bandar Seri Begawan BA2112 Negara Brunei Darussalam

Description

With 20 Orientalist paintings by well-known 19th-century artists, the art show is the first of its sort in the nation. Rudolf Ernst, Osman Hamdi Bey, and Jean-Leon Gerome are among the artists represented.

At a time when artists from Europe, America, and the Ottoman empire (later Turkiye) were inspired by the culture and religious practices of the region bordering the Mediterranean and further east, the theme “Faith and Devotion” explores depictions of the many parts of the Muslim world termed “the Orient” in the 19th century and sheds important light on Islamic culture and religion.