Berlin: Schätze des Aga Khan

Istanbul,Turkey: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Arts of the Book and Calligraphy

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After Berlin, Germany the Aga Khan Museum collection exibition will take place in Istanbul, Turkey from October 2010 to January 2011 within the framework of Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture

From October 2010 to January 2011, the Aga Khan Museim collection will travel to Sakip Sabanci Museim in Istanbul,Turkey

As the Museum is being constructed, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture has mounted a series of travelling exhibitions in Europe.

From October 2010 to January 2011, the Aga Khan Museum collection will travel to the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.  Entitled Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum – Arts of the Book and Calligraphy in the Islamic World, the exhibition will be held within the framework of Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture. For the first time since Parma in 2007, the artefacts on display will not be a general presentation of “highlights” from the collection, but will be an exhibition that brings together examples of the written word  on a variety of objects (ceramics, wood, metalwork, textiles, etc.) with their counterparts on parchment and paper.  The exhibition aims to show how the art of the book – in calligraphy, illumination and illustration -  evolved over time in the Islamic world. A section within the exhibition on techniques and materials of book-making and the “KItabkhana” will be prepared in cooperation with the Centre de Conservation du Livre in Arles, France.

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Highlight of Aga Khan Musseum in Toronto, the new online gallery webside

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Schätze des Aga Khan Museum in Berlin – artlog.de

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„Die heute besorgniserregenden und gefährlichen Spannungen zwischen der muslimischen Welt und dem Westen lassen sich nicht leugnen. Noch immer ist im Westen wenig über die muslimische Welt mit ihrer heterogenen Geschichte, ihren unterschiedlichen Kulturen und freilich diversen Auslegungen des Islam bekannt, noch weniger ihr Beitrag zum globalen kulturellen Erbe. Diese Wissenslücke ist eine dramatische Realität, die sich gegenwärtig in vielen westlichen Demokratien in besonders bedenklicher Weise durch eine weit verbreitete Grundhaltung gegenüber muslimischen Gesellschaften und Ländern zeigt. Wie dem auch sei, es ist dringend geboten, dass beide Welten, die muslimische und die nicht-muslimische, der Osten und der Westen, sich aufrichtig darum bemühen, einander besser kennenzulernen, denn ich befürchte, dass wir es hier nicht mit einem »Clash of Civilisations«, sondern mit einem Kampf der Unwissenheit auf beiden Seiten zu tun haben. Kulturen offenbaren und artikulieren sich über ihre Kunst. … Hiermit soll bewirkt werden, dass ganze Bevölkerungsgruppen die Möglichkeit erhalten, sich auf phantasievolle und intelligente Weise kennenzulernen.“ (Seine Hoheit Prinz Aga Khan IV)

Die Sammlung des Aga Khan dokumentieret mit über 200 Meisterwerken mehr als 1000 Jahre Kulturgeschichte. Die im Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin ausgestellten Werke stammen aus der Sammlung des Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Karim Aga Khan IV ist das geistige Oberhaupt der Ismailiten. Er gilt zugleich als direkter Nachkomme des Propheten Mohammed. Seine Sammlung gilt als eine der größten und wertvollsten Sammlungen islamischer Kunst und wird ab dem Jahr 2013 im neuen Aga Khan Museum in Toronto beheimatet sein.

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Video: Alnoor Merchant discusses the Aga Khan Museum collection and Muslim patronage of the arts – The Ismaili

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Berlin: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Masterpieces of Islamic Art Exhibition 17 March to 6 June 2010

Erstmals wird in Deutschland die Sammlung des Aga Khan ausgestellt. Mehr als 200 Meisterwerke dokumentieren mehr als 1000 Jahre Kulturgeschichte. Die im Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin ausgestellten Werke stammen aus der Sammlung des Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

Karim Aga Khan IV ist das geistige Oberhaupt der Ismailiten. Er gilt zugleich als direkter Nachkomme des Propheten Mohammed. Seine Sammlung gilt als eine der größten und wertvollsten Sammlungen islamischer Kunst und wird ab dem Jahr 2013 im neuen Aga Khan Museum in Toronto beheimatet sein.

Bedeutende Kunstwerke

Die Berliner Ausstellung zeigt einige der weltweit bedeutendsten Kunstwerke aus islamisch geprägten Ländern. Darunter Seiten aus dem persischen Heldenepos „Shahnama“, dem so genannten „Buch der Könige“, des Dichters Firdawsi. Die Miniaturen zählen weltweit zu den bemerkenswertesten.

Ferner das bisher älteste, arabische und erst später übersetzte Manuskript des „Kanons der Medizin“ von Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Abu Ali Ibn Sina war Philosoph und Arzt. Sein Hauptwerk diente über 500 Jahre als medizinisches Standardwerk und Lehrbuch für Ärzte in Europa.

Als herausragende Kulturgüter gelten auch ein sehr gut erhaltenes mongolisches Seidendamastkleid aus dem 13. Jahrhundert sowie eine Doppelseite des „Blauen Korans“ aus dem 9. Jahrhundert.

Die blauen Pergamentbögen sind in goldenen Lettern im kufischen Duktus geschrieben und zählen zu den kostbarsten und aufwendigsten Koranmanuskripten der Welt.

Außergewöhnliche Vielfalt

Allgemein machen die ausgestellten Kunstwerke – Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Buchillustrationen, Manuskripte, Inschriften, Metallgefäße, Keramiken, Holzarbeiten – aufmerksam auf die außergewöhnliche Vielfalt und den überwältigenden Reichtum eines vom Islam geprägten Kulturraumes, der sich vom Maghreb und der Iberischen Halbinsel bis nach China erstreckt, in einer zeitlichen Dimension vom 8. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert.

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Links to past exhibitions in Madrid, Lisbon, London and Paris with Information, Photos, videos etc.

Spotlight: Exhibitions in Spain

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Following Geografías del Islam: Obras de arte islámico del Museo Aga Khan, which ran from October through January in Toledo, Spain, two new exhibitions will be mounted in Spain:

• Madrid: at CaixaForum, 3 June 2009 to 6 September 2009
• Barcelona: at CaixaForum, 1 October 2009 to 17 January 2010

For more information, please see the brochure.

http://www.akdn.org/aktc_museums.asp

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“Masterpieces of the Aga Khan Museum” Opens at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon

Please also see: Museums and Exhibitions Programme, Photographs and Versão portuguesa

“The Path of Princes: Masterpieces of the Aga Khan Museum Collection” exhibition in Lisbon.

Find out more
.Lisbon, Portugal, 13 March 2008 – “The Path of Princes: Masterpieces of the Aga Khan Museum Collection” exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon was officially opened today by Emílio Rui Vilar, President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Prince Amyn Aga Khan, who was representing his brother, His Highness the Aga Khan. Portugal’s Minister of Culture, José António Pinto Ribeiro also attended the event. The exhibition comprises works of Islamic art, spanning over a thousand years of history, from the collection of the future Aga Khan Museum, due to open in 2011 in Toronto, Canada.

http://www.akdn.org/Content/458

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Spirit & Life: Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan …

Spirit & Life: Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum Collection, will be on show at. The Ismaili Centre, London from 14 July – 31 August 2007 …

http://www.akdn.org/publications/2007_spirit&life_images.pdf

http://www.louvre.fr/media/repository/ressources/sources/pdf/src_document_52994_en_v2_m56577569831189488.pdf

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Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum

Paris, France, 1 October 2007 – His Highness the Aga Khan officially inaugurated the Exhibition ‘Chefs-d’ouvre islamiques de l’Aga Khan Museum’ at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France, in the presence of Eric Woerth, Minister of Budget, Christine Albanel, Minister of Culture and Communications and Henri Loyrette, President and Director of the Louvre. The exhibition provides a preview of the permanent collection of the Aga Khan Museum, which will open in Canada. In his address to the “Musée-Musées” roundtable, the Aga Khan spoke about the significant role museums might play in improving understanding between East and West.

http://www.akdn.org/videos_detail.asp?VideoId=12

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Aga Khan Museum (AKM)

The Aga Khan Museum, due to open in 2011 in Toronto, Canada, will be dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and display of artefacts – from various periods and geographies – relating to the intellectual, cultural, artistic and religious heritage of Islamic communities.

An architectural rendering of the future Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.Planned as a venue for large international exhibitions, the 10,000 square meter building designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki will house its permanent collection as well as major temporary exhibitions. Surrounded by a large landscaped park, the Museum will provide a forum for permanent exchanges between the Islamic and Western worlds. It will also be a major centre for education and research and for the discovery of the musical heritage of the Islamic world.

The Museum’s collection contains some of the world’s most important masterpieces of Islamic art, including the famous collection of miniatures and manuscripts created by the late Prince Sadruddin and his wife Princess Catherine, and objects in stone, wood, ivory and glass, metalwork, ceramics, rare works on paper and parchment. Covering over one thousand years of history, they create an overview of the artistic accomplishments of Muslim civilisations from the Iberian Peninsula to China. His Highness the Aga Khan’s personal commitment to the objectives of the Museum will keep the collection growing in size and importance.

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Berlin: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Masterpieces of Islamic Art Exhibition 17 March to 6 June 2010

Poster of the exhibition “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum”

Haftvad and the worm
© Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland

Qur’an bifolium in gold kufic script on blue parchment, detail
North Africa, 9th and 10th century
© Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland

This is the first time the Aga Khan’s collection has been exhibited in Germany. More than 200 masterpieces have been chosen to document more than one thousand years of cultural history. The works on display in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau are from the collection of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Karim Aga Khan IV is the spiritual head of the Ismaili Muslims. He is also regarded as a direct descendent of the Prophet Mohammed. His collection is considered to be one of the world’s largest and most valuable collections of Islamic art and will be housed from 2013 onwards in the new Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.The Berlin exhibition will show some of the most important works of art from traditionally Islamic countries, including pages from the Persian heroic epic “Shahnama”, or “Book of Kings” by the poet Firdawsi. The miniatures are among the most remarkable in the world. Furthermore there is the oldest known Arabic manuscript of the later translated “Canon of Medicine” by Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Abu Ali Ibn Sina was a philosopher and physician. For over 500 years his magnum opus served as a standard work and textbook for physicians in Europe. Other outstanding cultural artefacts are a very well preserved Mongolian robe of silk damask from the 13th century and a double page of the “Blue Koran” from the 9th century. The blue parchment sheets are written in golden letters in the Kufi script and are among the most valuable and elaborate Koran manuscripts in the world.In general the artworks on display – paintings, drawings, book illustrations, manuscripts, inscriptions, metalwork vessels, ceramics, and wood carvings – make one realize the extraordinary variety and overwhelming richness of an Islamic culture which from the 8th to the 18th centuries stretched from the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula all the way to China.The exhibition is arranged under two main headings: “The Word of God”, concerning Koran manuscripts, illustrated sheets and objects that deal with the pilgrimage to Mecca or Islamic mysticism and have served many artists and architects as a source of inspiration. “The Route of the Travellers” takes the visitor on a journey through the Islamic world, which once stretched from Al-Andalus, the Muslim part of the Iberian Peninsula, through the Maghreb and Sicily, Fatimid and Mameluke Egypt, Ottoman Constantinople, Omayyad Damascus and Ayyubidic Baghdad and on to Persia, Central Asia and the Moghul Empire in India. The works produced in this period testify to the skills and creativity of the various societies and reveal both Asian and European influences.

Another section of the exhibition is devoted to the poet Firdawsi, who is often compared with Homer (940/41-1020). Exactly one thousand years ago he completed the Persian Book of Kings, one of the most famous works of Persian literature, covering the history of ancient Persia before the Muslim conquest. The Shahnama comprises more than 50,000 verses, making it more than twice as long as Homer’s epics. It became a handbook for shahs and sultans, who vied with one another to obtain the lavishly illustrated copies. Two of these books have been digitized, so that visitors will be able to virtually scroll up and down in them for the first time.

Catalogue
Schätze des Aga Khan Museum. Meisterwerke der islamischen Kunst
Verena Daiber and Benoît Junod (ed.)
288 pages, 217 coloured images
24 x 29.7 cm, leafled
Nicolai Verlag
ISBN 978-3-89479-603-7
Bookshop edition, € 34.95
Museum edition, € 26.00

Opening Hours
Wednesday to Monday | 10:00–20:00
Tuesday closed
From 30 April: daily 10:00–20:00
Long Gropius-Bau-Nights:
28 April to 1 May open 10:00–24:00

Admission
€ 8.00 | € 6.00 reduced
Pupils from 16 years € 4.00
Groups (from 10 pers.) € 6.00 p.p.
Student Groups (from 5 pers.)
€ 4.00 p.p.
Free admission for visitors under 16 years.

Source. Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau

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