Article Author: Aga Khan in Toronto showcases Canadian and Islamic art
Media Source: The Buffalo News (USA)
Date: 13 November 2017
"Here", an exhibit at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum running through January 1st, is the Aga Khan’s first presentation examining current Canadian art. The show was inspired by an artifact from the permanent collection, a 20-inch marble piece with acanthus leaves on one side and Kufic script on another. It was used as a funerary s
"Here", an exhibit at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum running through January 1st, is the Aga Khan’s first presentation examining current Canadian art. The show was inspired by an artifact from the permanent collection, a 20-inch marble piece with acanthus leaves on one side and Kufic script on another. It was used as a funerary stele, which is an architectural decoration, and later to denote a merchant’s grave.