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Mesopotamia, the land where irrigation and the earliest hydraulic infrastructure first developed, was transformed by these efforts to master water through artificial means. This exhibition explores their consequences, both positive and negative, and the environmental lessons we can draw from them today.

Inviting visitors to wander through the decorative arts galleries, ‘Affinities’ weaves a tale of great technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world, as well as the fascination they engendered in Europe and in French art collections.