Vanessa Larson
@vanessahlarson.bsky.social
Journalist in D.C. after Istanbul. Bylines/copy editor at The Washington Post. Write on M.E. arts+culture. Formerly at Foreign Policy; Fodor's Travel Turkey guidebook writer. Türkçe.
For @washingtonpost.com I reviewed “Maximal Miniatures” — a splendid showcase of 13 contemporary Iranian artists inspired by traditional Persian miniature painting, at the Middle East Institute's gallery in D.C.: wapo.st/3QlN6fa
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For @washingtonpost.com I reviewed “Maximal Miniatures” — a splendid showcase of 13 contemporary Iranian artists inspired by traditional Persian miniature painting, at the Middle East Institute's gallery in D.C.: wapo.st/3QlN6fa
Everyone's apparently an "expert" on the Ottoman slave trade now too 🤦♀️
February 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Everyone's apparently an "expert" on the Ottoman slave trade now too 🤦♀️
I managed to get a reference to the Kaaba in Mecca into Webster's dictionary and my life feels pretty fulfilled now :) — from my recent Washington Post story on the revamped Asian and Islamic art galleries at the Walters Art Museum wapo.st/3tvuUry
November 12, 2023 at 4:20 PM
I managed to get a reference to the Kaaba in Mecca into Webster's dictionary and my life feels pretty fulfilled now :) — from my recent Washington Post story on the revamped Asian and Islamic art galleries at the Walters Art Museum wapo.st/3tvuUry