[The Aga Khan Museum’s] opening was the single most significant style event of 2014.
Not only is the building itself, a glittering, winged visual poem of Brazilian granite, glass and aluminum, and the Aga Khan’s own collection of Islamic art and antiquities impressive, the museum’s beautiful and timely mission to promote cross-cultural understanding and interconnectedness — and to place it here in the jumble of our amazingly diverse city — is itself an inspiration.
– Karen von Hahn, Fashion Columnist for The Toronto Star
From its modern, open presentation of historic Islamic artifacts to the building’s beautiful exterior, this new Toronto museum is 2014’s central style event.
By: Karen von Hahn Fashion Columnist, Published on Wed Dec 24 2014
If you haven’t quite found your way yet to the new Aga Khan Museum, you really should. As far as I am concerned, its opening was the single most significant style event of 2014. Not only is the building itself, by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, a glittering, winged visual poem of Brazilian granite, glass and aluminum, and the Aga Khan’s own collection of Islamic art and antiquities impressive, the museum’s beautiful and timely mission to promote cross-cultural understanding and interconnectedness — and to place it here in the jumble of our amazingly diverse city — is itself an inspiration.
Aga Khan Museum: modern and minimal – fusing transparency and interconnectedness
“These artifacts all come from countries who are dealing with a lot of light. What we wanted to express, through everything from the architecture to the exhibition of objects, is that this is a civilization of light and not darkness.
These artifacts were used – the books and manuscripts were read, the pots and vessels used to cook and to eat from …Trying to tell this story in the dark with a ray of light on a pillow in a jewelry box is too much of a collector’s approach.
Rather than maintain you at a distance, my point is to try to grab you with your own emotion and perceptions, and to allow for a dialogue between objects – a conversation you the viewer undertake with your own eyes and feet as you negotiate the space, rather than a lesson.”
– Adrien Gardère, Museographer
The Lost Dhow Exhibition as a metaphor of Globalization
“The discovery of the ship provided the first hard evidence of a Maritime Silk Route that saw the vibrant exchange of goods, ideas and technologies from Asia to Africa and the Muslim world … It was like the container shipping of today … Turns out you could carry a lot more in a ship than on the back of a camel.
What’s more is that the show reveals that what we tend to consider the rather recent phenomenon of globalization is not only not particularly new, but is perhaps as old as the human story.
We can now see the sharing and exchange of goods and ideas as a historical fact that is more than 1,000 years old.”
– Henry Kim, Director and CEO – Aga Khan Museum
Discover, Explore and Learn more at Toronto Star | Life | Fashion & Style | Aga Khan inspires with aim of cross-cultural unity: Style Czar
Be the First to Know – Join Ismailimail
Get breaking news related to the Ismaili Imamat, the world wide Ismaili Muslim community and all their creativity, endeavors and successes.
Inspired? Share the story
Want to inspire? Send us your story(s) at ismailimail@gmail.com
Subscribe and join 18,000 + other individuals – Subscribe now!
![artlyst [London Art Network] | New Aga Khan Museum To Showcase Cultural Contributions of Muslim Civilisations](https://ismailimail.fun/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fi-artlyst-akm.png?w=150)
Ismailimail 