Now there is a third link: an exhibition starting next month in St Petersburg will be travelling to Malaysia next year. To complicate matters, the show actually originates in a different northern winter wonderland. That old favourite of mine, the Aga Khan Museum, may not exist yet in its new Toronto setting, but it is certainly making its presence felt in other locations.
Just a few months after closing one exhibition in Istanbul, there is another one opening at the State Hermitage in St Petersburg. The latest theme is Architecture and its Representations in Islamic Art, just right for Awal Muharram, and admirably represented in the Aga Khan collection.
As architecture is one of the greatest accomplishments of the Islamic world, it is appropriate that it is coming to Malaysia, with its small but important showing in this field.
via ART & ABOUT: The many faces of Islamic architecture – Sunday Life & Times – New Straits Times.
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