Islamic Art is an international, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to the study of various forms of Islamic art.

The journal invites original research articles, book reviews, and critical essays covering the following areas:

• Art History: Classical, medieval, and modern Islamic art (including calligraphy, miniature painting, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and carpet weaving).
• Architecture and Urbanism: Sacred architecture, landscape design, and the preservation and restoration of the architectural heritage of the Islamic world.
• Philosophy and Aesthetics: The religious and philosophical foundations of Islamic visual culture, as well as the semiotics of ornament and geometry.
• Archaeology and Material Culture: Findings from excavations, the study of artifacts, and research on museum collections.
• Contemporary Islamic Art: The transformation of traditions within contemporary design, graphic arts, media art, and architecture, alongside issues of cultural identity.

The journal’s objective is to publish exclusively scholarly work that presents objective, rigorous research in the field of Islamic art. Submissions must employ a formal academic apparatus and utilize established methodological approaches from the humanities; research findings must be verifiable. The journal also aims to interpret, systematize, and expand scholarly knowledge within the field of Islamic art studies.

English is the preferred language for the publication of scholarly research.

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In accordance with the definition of open access formulated at the Budapest Conference on Open Access, users of the journal are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, quote full-text articles of the journal, provide links to them without prior approval from the publisher or author of the material.