Spirit and Life Exhibition on BBC Radio 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/saturdayreview.shtml

This link is to the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Saturday Review’.

This audio programme includes a seven-minute section towards the end (from 36:08 to 43:26) which is devoted to the Spirit and Life exhibition. The discussion is led by the presenter Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, Paul Farley, Deborah Moggach and Kamila Shamsie.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/saturdayreview.shtml

Spirit Life Exhibition: Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection

This exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts at The Ismaili Centre in South Kensington, London presents treasures from the collection of the Aga Khan which will eventually be displayed at the new Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2010. It includes over 165 objects from the collection showing the diversity of artistic traditions in the Muslim world. The exhibition covers a geographical area stretching from India in the east to Spain and Morocco in the West, and spans over a thousand years, from the ninth to the 19th century.

Spirit Life Exhibition: Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection is at The Ismaili Centre in South Kensington London until August 31.