Arts & Culture
Aga Khan Museum Leadership Visits Los Angeles and Sponsors a Musical Performance
10 September 2022
Aga Khan Museum team meets with Los Angeles Jamat and sponsors Ali Sethi concert
A Television Producer’s View: The Impact of Reality Shows
19 December 2021
Riaz Patel is an Executive Producer/Director with NBC Universal in Los Angeles, currently making non-fiction television shows
Ismaili artists featured at the new Spring Ismaili Jamatkhana in Greater Houston
9 March 2021
Art historians and enthusiasts often recognize the 10th through 13th centuries as a period that marked an increase in the usage of symmetrical, geometric patterns in the Muslim world. Most likely aided by Muslim mathematicians, artists and artisans produced a large variety of designs. Many of these geometric models developed interpretations of ornament that embody metaphysical intent.
History, the Arts, and Pandemics
20 January 2021
“Ars longa, vitas brevis”(Art is long, life is short). Latin aphorism attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.
Illumination and Geometry in Islamic and African American Art An Interdisciplinary Curriculum
18 November 2020
This article is based on a presentation given at the Canada International Conference on Education [CICE-2019] at The University of Toronto. Mississauga, Canada.
Fitoor the Band rejuvenates age-old musical traditions for audiences of all ages
20 June 2020
While the United States was settling into the initial stages of a global pandemic and lockdown, three Ismaili musicians gathered on March 27 to deliver a virtual concert to a national and global audience. Fitoor the Band aims to preserve traditional South Asian music using contemporary influences and keep age-old musical traditions alive for younger and older generations.
Farrokh Derakhshani: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture and its global impact
17 May 2020
“Architecture is the only art form which has a direct, daily impact on the quality of human life.” Mawlana Hazar Imam, Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony, Al-Ain, UAE, November 6, 2016
Peace and Love with Music and Art
29 April 2020
A self-taught musician and artist from Hunza overcomes cultural barriers to help local artists perform in Lisbon.
Women Artists Portraying Women: Part 2
14 November 2019
During the Diamond Jubilee Art Festivals, we witnessed with delight, galleries filled with paintings, sculptures, installation art, and photographs. Here, we depict women, as seen by some of them, and displayed at the various exhibitions.
Women Artists Portraying Women Part 1
4 October 2019
Women have been artists since prehistoric times but have often been discouraged, marginalized and omitted from the history of art. This changed in the 20th century and today, women are amongst the most prolific artists, musicians, and writers including in the Muslim world. Some prominent contemporary examples are artists such as Shahzia Sikander, Nilima Sheikh, and Salima Arastu.
Building a career in architecture
4 October 2019
While in MIT’s Architecture program, Khalil Pirani would often sit in classes and hear professors ask: “What is Islamic architecture? Could this dome or that motif be in the spirit of Islam?” Khalil recalls, “I also had the same question.”
Artists Continue their Craft
22 September 2019
Most of us know the feeling of being moved by a work of art, whether it’s song, film, painting or poem. When we are touched, we become aware of a feeling that may not be familiar to us but which transports us to a different emotional space.
