Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is pleased to announce a special reception at the Louvre Museum on April 4, 2017, starting at 2:30pm, to celebrate the establishment of the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Fund at the Museum five years ago.
The first endowed Fund to be established within the Louvre Endowment Fund, the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Fund supports educational programs relating to Persian arts and culture from any period from antiquity to the present day. The Fund also awards annual fellowships to outstanding scholars engaged in research and publications relating to Persian arts and culture. To date, several major Persian-related publications, conferences, concerts, guided tours, archaeological projects and research programs have been made possible at the Louvre, thanks to the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Fund.
At the special reception on April 4, four of these major projects will be presented to attendees by the Museum’s leading curators. Annabelle Collinet from the Department of Islamic Art will introduce Islametal, a research concerning the understanding of materials and techniques that led to the production of metal wares in the Great Iranian World (c.10th-15th centuries). Delphine Miroudot, also from the Department of Islamic Art, will present the Medieval Kâshi project, which helps understand the production of Iranian lustre tiles from the 13th–14th centuries. Cathy Losson will explain the guided tours held each year in the Departments of Near Eastern Antiquities and Islamic Art in celebration of Noruz. And, Marielle Pic will describe a new project that will enable a 3D reconstitution and interactive presentation of the Palace of Darius the Great at Susa, accessible to the public in the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities.
Following the presentation of the main Persian programs proudly funded by the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Fund, attendees will be invited to a private visit of the collections held at the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities.
If you wish to attend, RSVP to [email protected] by March 27, 2017.