ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The Aga Khan calligraphy collection is becoming renowned around the world after much of it has traveled to various museums throughout Europe. The collection is currently being exhibited at Istanbul’s highly regarded Sakıp Sabancı Museum, with the show ‘Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum – Arts of the Book and Calligraphy in the Islamic World’ bringing together examples of the written word on a variety of objects. The Aga Khan believes such exhibitions foster recognition and tolerance Istanbul’s Sakıp Sabancı Museum, one of the most respected museums in Turkey, recently announced that it is set to exhibit one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of the art and paraphernalia of Islamic calligraphy.
via Sakıp Sabancı Museum to host Aga Khan collection – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review.
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