With the exception of a brief middle school field trip to a Toronto mosque, my overall exposure to Islamic art had been very limited until I visited the Aga Khan Museum.
The Aga Khan is devoted to showcasing Islamic and Persian art and Muslim culture from different corners of the world.
[…] The museum was officially opened in the fall of 2014. It’s the latest installment of an ongoing effort by the Aga Khan Development Network to establish spaces for social and cultural gatherings in the world’s major cities.
When I first arrived at the site of the museum, I was astonished by its design. Constructed of white granite and glass, the outside is so bright and pristine that it feels as though you’ve stepped into a computer-generated rendering of the space ― it’s otherworldly.
More at the source: Sydney Urbanek – Queens Journal – June 27, 2016
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