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Exhibition:
Exhibited: "Romance and Reason: Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past," Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, N.Y., February 14 to May 13, 2018. and Exhibited: "Lumen: The Art and Science of Light," Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, September 10 to December 8, 2024.