The Louvre Lends Islamic ‘Masterpieces’ to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

The National Museum of Asian Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will play home to 26 works on loan from Paris during the run of “From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art,” an exhibition opening September 26 and continuing into January 2027.As reported by The Art Newspaper, “The exhibition will feature a number of stunning objects that have never been shown in the United States, among them a bronze statue from Islamic Spain known as the Lion of Mon