William Morris and Art from the Islamic World, William Morris Gallery, London. * A version of this article appears in print in the 17 April, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly. Follow us on: ...

Morris (1834-1896) was less explicit about his Islamic sources than artist friends such as William De Morgan (whose “Lion Rampant” tile panel of 1888-98 appears in an upstairs room).

At the elegant William Morris Museum in Walthamstow, east London, the exhibition William Morris & Art from the Islamic World runs until March 9. It is small, well co-ordinated and a tribute to its ...

Rifling through the storeroom drawers at the William Morris Gallery in London, the institution’s director Hadrian Garrard pulls out a poster depicting a dachshund surrounded by a jumble of ...

William Morris and Art from the Islamic World takes place from 9 November 2024 to 9 March 2025 at William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4PP.

The British artist's designs appear on mugs, plates, shoes and more. A new exhibition explores how his signature style became so ubiquitous—and how Morris would feel about his 21st-century legacy ...

The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896) championed the democratisation of good taste, said Nancy Durrant in The Times.An "ardent socialist", he famously ...

Most people have heard of William Morris, one of the leaders of the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement. His abstract, nature-inspired designs still adorn everything from wallpaper to notebooks ...

Most people have heard of William Morris, one of the leaders of the Arts and Crafts movement that came to prominence in England in the last decades of the 19th Century.

While Morris has drawn much of the praise for Kelmscott Press and its legacy, as perhaps shown by the project and his gifting of copies, the artist himself was quick to share the credit.

William Morris and Islamic art. David Tresilian, Saturday 19 Apr 2025. A London exhibition is exploring the relationship between the 19th-century British designer William Morris and Islamic art.