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Tim Stanley is a Senior Curator in the Middle East Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, with interests specifically in the Turkish world, Qurans and unillustrated manuscripts, lacquer, arms and armour, furniture and woodwork.
In June 2025 a 16th-century Iznik tile quadrupled its estimate at auction in London but, as Hannah Lucinda Smith discovers, that was only the tip of a fascinating backstory. On its journey from an Istanbul hamam to the art markets and museums of Europe, the tile and others like it decorated grand homes, sat in attics and tapped into an entire design movement. Now, the restoration of its original home has opened specialists’ eyes, turning artefacts once sold for pennies into treasured heirlooms
The art of letter writing Tim Stanley on a celebration of Şeyh Hamdullah and the 500-year-old calligraphy tradition that almost vanished
Two weighty tomes on Iznik ceramics were published this year. Tim Stanley reviews the magnificent new catalogue of the Ömer Koç Iznik Collection, surely the most beautiful book ever published on the subject, and a handsomely illustrated new study of the tiles of Damascus
The V&A’s Tim Stanley eyes up the Louvre’s astonishing new Islamic offering
For three years, the main Islamic Middle East gallery at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum was closed. It reopened in 2006 to spectacular effect. Here we present key aspects of a stunning permanent collection that can now be seen, literally, in a new light. Commentary by its curator, Tim Stanley. Gallery photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg
Tim Stanley on Nurhan Atasoy’s new tour de force on Ottoman art and artefacts in Europe
The Sakip Sabanci Collection of Calligraphy. Tim Stanley reports on a spectacular exhibition of Arabic calligraphy, a Turkish art form generally less accessible to outsiders.
Issue 68, July 2025
Angora’s Mesmerising Beauty
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