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Trade Networks and Empires: African Art's Many Golden Ages with Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGF2aipmBls
Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, draws on the rich material heritage on display in the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time to reveal how art has carved out history and empires.
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Ivory and Gold: Islamic Spain and the Trans-Saharan Trade
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XCdmMx9Ek
Dr. Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the cross-cultural relationships that produced some of the most beautiful objects of the medieval period.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGF2aipmBls
Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, draws on the rich material heritage on display in the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time to reveal how art has carved out history and empires.
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Ivory and Gold: Islamic Spain and the Trans-Saharan Trade
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XCdmMx9Ek
Dr. Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, explores the cross-cultural relationships that produced some of the most beautiful objects of the medieval period.
Travels in Africa: Word and Image with Dr. Michael Chagnon
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ura4jvJrVLM
Examining some of the masterworks from the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Aga Khan Museum Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon discusses the interconnected world of the medieval era and the powerful role of western Africa within it.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ura4jvJrVLM
Examining some of the masterworks from the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Aga Khan Museum Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon discusses the interconnected world of the medieval era and the powerful role of western Africa within it.
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART PRACTICES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 7 pm
Price: $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors
Migration, identity, cultural connections: globalization raises questions about all these issues, and contemporary art is a powerful way of exploring them. In this talk complementing the Museum exhibitions Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time and Building Black: Civilizations, artists and curators explore the impact of Africa’s diverse cultures and diaspora on contemporary art.
Visual artist Ekow Nimako, creator of Building Black: Civilizations, is joined by AGO Associate Curator, Photography, Dr. Julie Crooks and artist/curator Chiedza Pasipanodya for a timely discussion that will celebrate Black History Month while also examining Toronto’s role as an international hub for creative art practices.
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Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 7 pm
Price: $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors
Migration, identity, cultural connections: globalization raises questions about all these issues, and contemporary art is a powerful way of exploring them. In this talk complementing the Museum exhibitions Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time and Building Black: Civilizations, artists and curators explore the impact of Africa’s diverse cultures and diaspora on contemporary art.
Visual artist Ekow Nimako, creator of Building Black: Civilizations, is joined by AGO Associate Curator, Photography, Dr. Julie Crooks and artist/curator Chiedza Pasipanodya for a timely discussion that will celebrate Black History Month while also examining Toronto’s role as an international hub for creative art practices.
BIO and more...
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Aga Khan Museum Impact Story: The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR6jt9Gcm7w
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR6jt9Gcm7w
The Art of Food
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdI7-Gga-c
“I think that not only with visual art, but with food, there are stories that are often told. And (...) my exhibit, it's about that cross-cultural experience that happened so long ago.”
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdI7-Gga-c
“I think that not only with visual art, but with food, there are stories that are often told. And (...) my exhibit, it's about that cross-cultural experience that happened so long ago.”
Inspired by Light: Making the Aga Khan Museum
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_-AhyGFKCw
In this talk, discover the details behind the award-winning architecture of the Aga Khan Museum with Shamez Mohamed of Imara (Wynford Drive) Ltd.
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Fred Roberts Photography Workshop
Video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXigHfB4Fc
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_-AhyGFKCw
In this talk, discover the details behind the award-winning architecture of the Aga Khan Museum with Shamez Mohamed of Imara (Wynford Drive) Ltd.
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Fred Roberts Photography Workshop
Video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXigHfB4Fc
Ways and Means to Make Fragments Talk: Why We Should Have Fragments in a Museum's Display
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnb_7J5Gm7w
Anna Beselin, Senior Conservator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, discusses how carpet fragments can tell stories and shares strategies for their display in exhibitions.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnb_7J5Gm7w
Anna Beselin, Senior Conservator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, discusses how carpet fragments can tell stories and shares strategies for their display in exhibitions.
Rumi and the Religion of Love
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcM6bdlywQ
Considered the greatest poet in the history of Sufism, Persian poet Rumi and his passionate writings are explored by University of Toronto’s Reza Tabandeh in this special introductory talk.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcM6bdlywQ
Considered the greatest poet in the history of Sufism, Persian poet Rumi and his passionate writings are explored by University of Toronto’s Reza Tabandeh in this special introductory talk.
Aga Khan Museum and Imago Mundi's Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-FicSwKPoY
Contains important speeches including Prince Amyn's
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-FicSwKPoY
Contains important speeches including Prince Amyn's
Video Quote: MHI On the Purpose of the AKM
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLQzAHBMI4
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, the Aga Khan Museum and their park.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLQzAHBMI4
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, the Aga Khan Museum and their park.
Aga Khan Museum celebrates the creativity and artistic contributions of newcomers with season focused on stories of immigration
Season of Immigration will feature 51 visual artists, 15 performances, and 10 speakers, representing more than 50 countries around the world.
Toronto, Canada, 4 March 2020 — The Aga Khan Museum ventures beyond the headlines about surging global migration with a new season celebrating the artistic contributions of immigrants and refugees.
The Museum’s Season of Immigration features three exhibitions that showcase the creativity of migrants and the artistic contributions they are making around the world. Accompanied by a global lineup of performing artists and thought leaders, these cutting-edge shows shine a spotlight on extraordinary individuals who use art and culture to overcome adversity, build lives, and enrich their communities in the face of mass displacement, climate change, and economic upheaval.
“In our era of unprecedented global migration, we at the Aga Khan Museum believe we have a duty to challenge narratives that cast immigrants and refugees as a threat to the integrity our communities,” says Henry S. Kim, the Museum’s Director and CEO. “As residents of Canada, we benefit enormously from welcoming newcomers and the perspectives they bring. By seizing opportunity in defiance of adversity, they embody the best of the human spirit.”
The Museum’s Winter/Spring 2020 season features 51 visual artists, 15 performances, and 10 speakers, representing more than 50 countries worldwide. Many are immigrants or refugees themselves, while others are descendants of recent immigrants. “We are proud to amplify the voices of artists and thinkers with deeply personal connections to migration,” says Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, the Museum’s Director of Collections and Public Programs. “Their stories, and the artistic practices they inspire, have much to tell us about how immigration can enhance and enrich society.”
Bringing forward human stories of immigration and migration is part of the Museum’s ongoing efforts to promote understanding between communities and cultures. “We invite visitors to embrace the power of art to build bridges between people of disparate backgrounds and belief systems,” says Kim. “Art, in its most potent forms, instills a heightened understanding of our shared humanity, fosters personal connections, and pierces through the constructed barriers of race, nationality, and ideology.”
Highlights of the Museum's Winter/Spring 2020 programme include:
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Season of Immigration will feature 51 visual artists, 15 performances, and 10 speakers, representing more than 50 countries around the world.
Toronto, Canada, 4 March 2020 — The Aga Khan Museum ventures beyond the headlines about surging global migration with a new season celebrating the artistic contributions of immigrants and refugees.
The Museum’s Season of Immigration features three exhibitions that showcase the creativity of migrants and the artistic contributions they are making around the world. Accompanied by a global lineup of performing artists and thought leaders, these cutting-edge shows shine a spotlight on extraordinary individuals who use art and culture to overcome adversity, build lives, and enrich their communities in the face of mass displacement, climate change, and economic upheaval.
“In our era of unprecedented global migration, we at the Aga Khan Museum believe we have a duty to challenge narratives that cast immigrants and refugees as a threat to the integrity our communities,” says Henry S. Kim, the Museum’s Director and CEO. “As residents of Canada, we benefit enormously from welcoming newcomers and the perspectives they bring. By seizing opportunity in defiance of adversity, they embody the best of the human spirit.”
The Museum’s Winter/Spring 2020 season features 51 visual artists, 15 performances, and 10 speakers, representing more than 50 countries worldwide. Many are immigrants or refugees themselves, while others are descendants of recent immigrants. “We are proud to amplify the voices of artists and thinkers with deeply personal connections to migration,” says Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, the Museum’s Director of Collections and Public Programs. “Their stories, and the artistic practices they inspire, have much to tell us about how immigration can enhance and enrich society.”
Bringing forward human stories of immigration and migration is part of the Museum’s ongoing efforts to promote understanding between communities and cultures. “We invite visitors to embrace the power of art to build bridges between people of disparate backgrounds and belief systems,” says Kim. “Art, in its most potent forms, instills a heightened understanding of our shared humanity, fosters personal connections, and pierces through the constructed barriers of race, nationality, and ideology.”
Highlights of the Museum's Winter/Spring 2020 programme include:
More....
https://www.akdn.org/press-release/aga- ... ers-season
Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Qawwali Ensemble Part II
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-yc6PztHo
Aga Khan Museum
The concert was originally to be hosted at the Museum, co-produced with the Kabir Center for Arts & Culture and sponsored by the Gulshan and Pyarali G. Nanji Family Foundation, with support from the Ontario Arts Council.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-yc6PztHo
Aga Khan Museum
The concert was originally to be hosted at the Museum, co-produced with the Kabir Center for Arts & Culture and sponsored by the Gulshan and Pyarali G. Nanji Family Foundation, with support from the Ontario Arts Council.
SPRING 2020
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Emel Mathlouthi in Concert: opening performances by Al Qahwa Ensemble & Hassan el Hadi, Sept 30/19
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_GHVyhpHUs
Enjoy the otherworldly melodies of Emel Mathlouthi in this special performance, celebrating the release of her third full-length album, Everywhere We Looked Was Burning. Balancing eloquent songcraft, sparse instrumentation, homemade synths, and the voices of the woods, wind, sea, and flames, Mathlouthi aligns nature and music on this evocative new record.
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Curator Conversation - Marika Sardar Curator of Chrysalis[
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMmFJGu4mg
Discover what inspired Curator Dr. Marika Sardar to bring Chrysalis, a portrait series by Greek photographer Olga Stefatou, to the Aga Khan Museum — and meet two of the refugee women who participated in the project.
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Pocket Performance: Bea Labikova
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbNey1faLw
Bea Labikova is a Slovak-Canadian saxophonist and improviser. Her music draws from her interest in free improvisation, avant-garde, modern jazz and Slovak folk music as she explores the boundaries between free improvisation and composition.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_GHVyhpHUs
Enjoy the otherworldly melodies of Emel Mathlouthi in this special performance, celebrating the release of her third full-length album, Everywhere We Looked Was Burning. Balancing eloquent songcraft, sparse instrumentation, homemade synths, and the voices of the woods, wind, sea, and flames, Mathlouthi aligns nature and music on this evocative new record.
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Curator Conversation - Marika Sardar Curator of Chrysalis[
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMmFJGu4mg
Discover what inspired Curator Dr. Marika Sardar to bring Chrysalis, a portrait series by Greek photographer Olga Stefatou, to the Aga Khan Museum — and meet two of the refugee women who participated in the project.
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Pocket Performance: Bea Labikova
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbNey1faLw
Bea Labikova is a Slovak-Canadian saxophonist and improviser. Her music draws from her interest in free improvisation, avant-garde, modern jazz and Slovak folk music as she explores the boundaries between free improvisation and composition.
Curator's Tour — Don't Ask Me Where I'm From with Marianne Fenton
Follow co-Curator Marianne Fenton as she shows pieces from the Aga Khan Museum exhibition Don't Ask Me Where I'm From.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYNBl8EOOM
Follow co-Curator Marianne Fenton as she shows pieces from the Aga Khan Museum exhibition Don't Ask Me Where I'm From.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYNBl8EOOM
Performance: Ensemble Hayiran by Rumi Canada - February 13, 2020
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrN3jJZk2M
Performance: Ensemble Hayiran by Rumi Canada - February 13, 2020
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrN3jJZk2M
Performance: Ensemble Hayiran by Rumi Canada - February 13, 2020
2020, April 9: Prince Amyn Aga Khan sent an encouraging message about the Aga Khan Museum in these Covit-19 crisis about the temporary closing.
He said "I look forward to the moment we can re-open and welcome visitors back to our Museum. I do believe that we will play an important role in the rebuilding of the heart and soul of society after such a long period of isolation and worry. Until then, I wish you safety and good health.
Read PDF of the letter here:
http://ismaili.net/timeline/2020/2020-0 ... letter.pdf
He said "I look forward to the moment we can re-open and welcome visitors back to our Museum. I do believe that we will play an important role in the rebuilding of the heart and soul of society after such a long period of isolation and worry. Until then, I wish you safety and good health.
Read PDF of the letter here:
http://ismaili.net/timeline/2020/2020-0 ... letter.pdf
Pocket Performance: Hasheel
Hasheel learned the basics of East Indian classical vocal performance when he was five years old. At the age of 9, he started professional vocal lessons and has since been performing and recording. Hasheel also started playing the bansuri under the guidance of his first teacher, Shri Jeetu Sharma. He quickly excelled in both Indian and Western music and started composing and writing his own pieces at the age of thirteen.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenC32MkQC0
Hasheel learned the basics of East Indian classical vocal performance when he was five years old. At the age of 9, he started professional vocal lessons and has since been performing and recording. Hasheel also started playing the bansuri under the guidance of his first teacher, Shri Jeetu Sharma. He quickly excelled in both Indian and Western music and started composing and writing his own pieces at the age of thirteen.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kenC32MkQC0
SPRING 2020
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Collections Conversation: Bringing Sanctuary's Sustainability-Focused Gallery Design to Life
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbitKGEb_I
Our Exhibitions team sourced as many sustainable building materials — including 3,000 second-hand t-shirts — as they could their hands on to create Sanctuary’s unforgettable gallery design.
Watch this video, featuring Aga Khan Museum Exhibitions Manager Hayley Andrew, to find out how and why they did it.
Sanctuary is presented with the support of Partners in Art, Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak (Bay Tree Foundation), and the Global Patrons of the Aga Khan Museum.
Bringing online Museum experiences to you is part of our mission to connect cultures and promote understanding between peoples. To learn more about how you can support the Museum by making a donation or becoming a Friend or Patron, please visit: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/support
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbitKGEb_I
Our Exhibitions team sourced as many sustainable building materials — including 3,000 second-hand t-shirts — as they could their hands on to create Sanctuary’s unforgettable gallery design.
Watch this video, featuring Aga Khan Museum Exhibitions Manager Hayley Andrew, to find out how and why they did it.
Sanctuary is presented with the support of Partners in Art, Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak (Bay Tree Foundation), and the Global Patrons of the Aga Khan Museum.
Bringing online Museum experiences to you is part of our mission to connect cultures and promote understanding between peoples. To learn more about how you can support the Museum by making a donation or becoming a Friend or Patron, please visit: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/support
Universal Sanctuary
The final of three videos that capture an immersive overview of the Aga Khan Museum's Spring 2020 exhibition, Sanctuary, featuring carpets designed by thirty-six of the world's leading contemporary artists who have reflected on the crucial role of sanctuary in an era of displacement and disaffection.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR91GP4RB00
The final of three videos that capture an immersive overview of the Aga Khan Museum's Spring 2020 exhibition, Sanctuary, featuring carpets designed by thirty-six of the world's leading contemporary artists who have reflected on the crucial role of sanctuary in an era of displacement and disaffection.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR91GP4RB00
Gordon Grdina's The Marrow featuring Mat Maneri
Juno Award winner Gordon Grdina and his The Marrow ensemble astonished Museum audiences in May 2019 with their muscular blend of Arabic maqam, Persian dastgah, and avant-garde jazz. Fast forward one year and we’ve made the concert available online for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb6TxeUOY1U
Juno Award winner Gordon Grdina and his The Marrow ensemble astonished Museum audiences in May 2019 with their muscular blend of Arabic maqam, Persian dastgah, and avant-garde jazz. Fast forward one year and we’ve made the concert available online for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb6TxeUOY1U
Performance: Agra Gharana Gayaki: Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan
Raag-Mala Toronto and the Museum present Pandit Satish Vyas, one of India’s most acclaimed santoor players, and Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan, a powerful vocalist and descendant of the Agra Gharana musical lineage. Joined by Pandit Ashis Sengupta on tabla and Dr. Vinay Mishra on harmonium, they will perform a program of evening raags — improvisations based on musical scales that serve as the lifeblood of Indian classical music and have no traditional western equivalent.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Y3HT7USYM
Raag-Mala Toronto and the Museum present Pandit Satish Vyas, one of India’s most acclaimed santoor players, and Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan, a powerful vocalist and descendant of the Agra Gharana musical lineage. Joined by Pandit Ashis Sengupta on tabla and Dr. Vinay Mishra on harmonium, they will perform a program of evening raags — improvisations based on musical scales that serve as the lifeblood of Indian classical music and have no traditional western equivalent.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Y3HT7USYM
MAY 2020
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From all of us at the Aga Khan Museum, we wish everyone a safe, joyous, and connected Eid ul-Fitr.
The festival, one of the most joyful in the Islamic faith, will no doubt be different this year. More families than ever before will celebrate together over Zoom or FaceTime. But they will celebrate together nonetheless.
Fittingly, our theme this week at the #MuseumWithoutWalls is all about connection and collaboration. Feast on art, performances, and talks saluting the rejuvenating power of being together, even when we’re physically apart.
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From all of us at the Aga Khan Museum, we wish everyone a safe, joyous, and connected Eid ul-Fitr.
The festival, one of the most joyful in the Islamic faith, will no doubt be different this year. More families than ever before will celebrate together over Zoom or FaceTime. But they will celebrate together nonetheless.
Fittingly, our theme this week at the #MuseumWithoutWalls is all about connection and collaboration. Feast on art, performances, and talks saluting the rejuvenating power of being together, even when we’re physically apart.
More...
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VIDEO: Lecture with Music: Artistic Pluralism in the Medieval Mediterranean
World leaders in the study of medieval Mediterranean art come together in this round-table discussion to illuminate the artistic exchanges that occurred between Muslims, Jews, and Christians — exchanges that inspired innovative aesthetic approaches and transcended cultural, linguistic, and religious differences.
Lute Legends (Lucas Harris on lute, Wen Zhao on pipa, Demetrios Petsalakis on oud) perform as part of this special presentation.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU5N2DmMo7c
World leaders in the study of medieval Mediterranean art come together in this round-table discussion to illuminate the artistic exchanges that occurred between Muslims, Jews, and Christians — exchanges that inspired innovative aesthetic approaches and transcended cultural, linguistic, and religious differences.
Lute Legends (Lucas Harris on lute, Wen Zhao on pipa, Demetrios Petsalakis on oud) perform as part of this special presentation.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU5N2DmMo7c
Pocket Performance: Georgia Hathaway
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZiwBDdnRXk
Georgia is a Toronto-based violinist with over 25 years of training. Born in 1990, she grew up learning both Celtic fiddle and classical music through the Suzuki method. Initially interested in the science side of the arts, she completed a degree in neuroscience at McGill university while joining university orchestras, playing fiddle for a Montreal-based Irish folk band, and learning Arabic music while on a field study in East Africa. Upon moving back to Toronto in 2013, she began learning Balkan, klezmer, and Eastern European music while completing her Master’s in Psychology and working as a Listening Therapist at the Listening Centre.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZiwBDdnRXk
Georgia is a Toronto-based violinist with over 25 years of training. Born in 1990, she grew up learning both Celtic fiddle and classical music through the Suzuki method. Initially interested in the science side of the arts, she completed a degree in neuroscience at McGill university while joining university orchestras, playing fiddle for a Montreal-based Irish folk band, and learning Arabic music while on a field study in East Africa. Upon moving back to Toronto in 2013, she began learning Balkan, klezmer, and Eastern European music while completing her Master’s in Psychology and working as a Listening Therapist at the Listening Centre.
Curator Conversation: Divine Love
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVYnbjLsVI
Discover the story behind the first contemporary artwork acquisitioned by the Aga Khan Museum, the Tapestry of Aisha Khalid, well-known artist of Pakistan. “Your Way Begins on the Other Side”, is the largest tapestry that Aisha Khalid has created so far. Inspired by the paintings of the Aga Khan Museum and the Aga Khan Park it plays with the pursuit of love, pain and pleasure. Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip delves into the concept of the tapestry, inspired by the Iranian garden, and the symbolic meaning of its rich patterns.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVYnbjLsVI
Discover the story behind the first contemporary artwork acquisitioned by the Aga Khan Museum, the Tapestry of Aisha Khalid, well-known artist of Pakistan. “Your Way Begins on the Other Side”, is the largest tapestry that Aisha Khalid has created so far. Inspired by the paintings of the Aga Khan Museum and the Aga Khan Park it plays with the pursuit of love, pain and pleasure. Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip delves into the concept of the tapestry, inspired by the Iranian garden, and the symbolic meaning of its rich patterns.