How an Iranian exhibit at the Aga Khan Museum hopes to bridge east and west
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Media Source: CBC (Canada)
Date: 6 February 2017
Mohammed Afkhami sees art as a way to bridge the divide between people from all walks of life. The British-Iranian art collector is loaning works from his private collection to Toronto's Aga Khan Museum that explore the diversity of post-revolutionary Iran. The exhibit, named Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Per
Mohammed Afkhami sees art as a way to bridge the divide between people from all walks of life. The British-Iranian art collector is loaning works from his private collection to Toronto's Aga Khan Museum that explore the diversity of post-revolutionary Iran. The exhibit, named Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians, features work from 23 artists who share the desire of cultural integration in a deeply divided global political landscape.