EXPLOREWINTER JAN–APRIL 2020 AGA KHAN MUSEUM PROGRAM GUIDE

NO WALLS (you belong everywhere) EXHIBITION EXHIBITION Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From Sanctuary

February 25–April 19, 2020 March 21–August 23, 2020

See how artists from around the world are navigating What does sanctuary mean to you? their cultural and ethnic heritages. The 15 artists in this revelatory exhibition represent 26 countries. Some Explore the idea of safe haven through 36 spectacular migrated as children, others are part of the second and woven rugs designed by leading artists from around third generation. All are using their art — from painting the world to reflect their personal responses to the to textiles and multimedia to calligraffiti — as a way to word sanctuary — whether that means refuge, sacred reconcile the deep ties and painful breaks that come with space, place of beauty, or something entirely unique. complex cross-cultural identities.

Presented in partnership with the Fondazione Imago Mundi Supported by Organized by the FOR-SITE Foundation with the support of ALRUG Supported by

MOHAMMAD Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak MOHAMMAD Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak AL ZAIBAK (Bay Tree Foundation) AL ZAIBAK (Bay Tree Foundation) AND FAMILY AND FAMILY Unleash Your NO WALLS A feast for Breaking the barriers that divide FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 20 the cultures, the Aga Khan Museum Take an artistic journey to beat the winter launches into a season of blues. We’re offering free workshops in Let the power of learning brighten your dance, music, and storytelling designed winter. Our Education programs are a feast provocative exhibitions, to help you find tranquility and feel your for the mind this season with workshops in performances, and best during these cold, dark days. poetry, calligraphy, and textiles; a course on magnificent ; thought- programming provoking tours of our exhibitions; and the for the new Caravans of Gold Talk Series exploring decade. the impact of African cultures and diasporas on art through the ages. Listen and connect Feed your with our exciting Performing Arts season, Listening to Each Other. We bring you global artists on the cutting edge of music, film, dance, and spoken word, along with those who are sharing centuries-old traditions with new audiences. From Jeremy Dutcher and the Dakh Daughters to our 2020 Comedy Series and Kinan Azmeh’s CityBand, our thought-provoking lineup will connect you to the world.

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#youbelongeverywhere CARAVANS OF GOLD, FRAGMENTS IN TIME The Story of Blue Let’s be friends! & BUILDING BLACK: CIVILIZATIONS On now until May 18, 2020 Join as a Friend today and receive exclusive benefits that offer a deeper On now until February 23, 2020 Discover the story of the colour connection to the Museum. Challenge what you know about the past, present, and future. blue in our Museum Collection — Benefits include free admission, special Caravans of Gold spotlights western Africa’s role at the heart from nature, to pigment, to paintings, exhibition previews, and discounts on Enjoy Free Museum Admission! of the medieval world, featuring works never before seen in ceramics, and glass objects. Our performances, workshops, lectures, dining, When you purchase a ticket to a performance, talk, . Building Black presents Afrofuturist sculptures made themed installations present a fresh parking, and shopping. or workshop, you get to explore the Museum for free, of LEGO® pieces by Ekow Nimako, connecting western Africa’s rotation of works, offering you new remarkable past with a powerful future. perspectives on our Collection. To learn more, call 416.646.4667 or visit including our Museum Collection and special exhibitions. agakhanmuseum.org/support/friends

January 23 January 30 february 11 february 12 March 12 march 15 April 21 april 18 INSIGHT TOUR LUNCHTIME TALK INSIGHT TOUR CARAVANS OF GOLD TALK SERIES LUNCHTIME TALK PERFORMANCE INSIGHT TOUR PERFORMANCE Saharan Pathways of An Elephant Comes to London Pattern, Power, and Paradise: Poetry and the Subliminal Meaning of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From & Abu Sanctuary with Dr. Michael Chagnon Tanya Evanson’s with Dr. Michael Chagnon with Adam Harris Levine Carpets with Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip Colours with George Elliott Clarke with Marianne Fenton Ensemble Find out what personal experiences motivated Bothism - A Sufi Experiment Travel across the Sahara Desert, gaining insight Find out how the African elephant captured the Join a curator’s tour exploring the rich patterns The celebrated Canadian poet illuminates black The exhibition’s curator discusses how today’s The legendary Pakistani group returns to the artists in Sanctuary to create their unique and Jason Sharp + Kaie Kellough into masterpieces from medieval African empires. imagination of medieval European society. of luxury carpets and the concept of paradise in and gold in his poetry and in our exhibitions. diverse artists are navigating cultural heritage. for a profound evening of devotional . and striking rug designs. Sufi whirling and poetry combine with Thursday, 6:30 pm Thursday, 1 pm the Wagner Garden Carpet. Wednesday, 7 pm Thursday, 1 pm Sunday, 7 pm Tuesday, 6 pm contemporary spoken word, music, and film to $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors Free with Museum admission Tuesday, 6:30 pm $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors Free with Museum admission $55, $49.50 Friends, $41.25 students and seniors $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors examine the spaces between worlds. $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors A co-production with the Kabir Cultural Centre Saturday, 8 pm $35, $31.50 Friends, $26.25 students and seniors January 31 February 1 february 13 February 15 march 21 March 25 COMEDY SERIES COMEDY SERIES April 26 april 23 LUNCHTIME TALK PERFORMANCE TALK SPRING FILM SERIES Jokes Among Friends Jokes Among Friends PERFORMANCE LUNCHTIME TALK featuring Nour Hadidi + Leonard Chan + featuring Hisham Kelati + Nick Reynoldson The Bride under the Lemon Tree Hayiran Ensemble by Canada Creating Sanctuary Shorts from the National Film Board Arthur Simeon + host Ali Hassan + Martha Chaves + host Ali Hassan with Dr. Judith Cohen Shaho Andalibi, Amir Koushkani, and Farzad with Dr. Azra Akšamija, Dr. Michael of Canada Luminous Kaushiki Chakraborty If Museum Objects Could Speak From wedding songs to royal ballads, discover AttarJafari lead a night of reimagined Persian Chagnon, and Cheryl Haines A window into the lives of artists who use their One of ’s brightest classical stars performs with Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis Laugh it up as Toronto’s top rising comics deliver Find the funny in identity and cultural heritage music and Sufi whirling. the music of Moroccan Jews and their Canadian Hear how the art, space, and design in our work to promote understanding and sanctuary. khayal, , and other lighter genres. Hear fascinating, yet little-known, stories of salty observations on today’s hot topics. with some of Toronto’s top emerging comedians. Saturday, 7:30 pm diaspora. Sanctuary exhibition offer layers of insight into Wednesday, 6 pm Sunday, 6 pm pluralism behind the making, use, and meaning Friday, 8 pm Saturday, 8 pm Thursday, 1 pm $40, $36 Friends, $30 students and seniors the concept of safe haven. Free $40 orchestra, $30 balcony, 10% off for Friends of a selection of Islamic art objects. $30, $27 Friends, $22.50 students and seniors $30, $27 Friends, $22.50 students and seniors Free with Museum admission Presented in collaboration with Rumi Canada Saturday, 2 pm Presented in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada and Raag Mala members Thursday, 1 pm Buy 2 shows at full price and save 10% Buy 2 shows at full price and save 10% $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors An associate partnership with Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto Free with Museum admission Buy 3 shows at full price and save 15% Buy 3 shows at full price and save 15% february 19 family day March 29 February 2 February 5 CARAVANS OF GOLD TALK SERIES Free pop-up Performances FEBRUARY 17 SPRING FILM SERIES WORKSHOP CARAVANS OF GOLD TALK SERIES Africa Connected Enjoy intimate performances from a Make memories with with Professor François-Xavier Fauvelle The Farewell (2019) diverse lineup of talented local artists in African Vegan Art Contemporary African Art Practices in a PERFORMANCE special family tours of An eye-opening discussion about Africa’s unsung Cultural clashes arise when an American writer the Museum’s public spaces and galleries. with Toronto Ward Museum Globalized World with Dr. Julie Crooks, our galleries and fun art golden age, covering the birth of to the returns to China to say goodbye to her ill sanctuary series Wednesdays: 5, 6, 7 pm Create stunning textiles with bògòlanfini, Ekow Nimako & Chiedza Pasipanodya activities for kids and arrival of Europeans. grandmother. adults alike. Saturday & Sundays: 12, 1, 3 pm a Malian dye technique using plants and Curators and artists explore how Africa’s cultures Wednesday, 7 pm Sunday, 3 pm EVERY WEDNESDAY IN APRIL AT 5 PM Generously supported by fermented mud. and diaspora have impacted contemporary art. $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors $12, $10 Friends, $9 students and seniors Spoken word, storytelling, music, Sunday, 11 am–4 pm Wednesday, 7 pm dance, and poetry shine a light on the $50, $45 Friends, $40 students and seniors $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors sometimes difficult terrain of migration, (+$25 materials fee) march 6 april 4 identity, and belonging. February 6 PERFORMANCE INSIGHT TOUR april 5 AMATA SIRIA: Stories Through Music The Poetry of Blue Show your PRESTO card to save 20% off INSIGHT TOUR Composed by Nahel Al Halabi, this chamber with Laboni Islam WORKSHOP general admission and 10% off on-site concert translates stories of from Syria’s On Blue with Bita Pourvash Indigo. Cobalt. Lapis Lazuli. Get a closer look at Intergenerational Poetry & Calligraphy Shop purchases.* war survivors into symphonic form. blue objects in our Collection, pausing for poetry *Offer cannot be combined with other offers. Discover why the colour blue is a symbol for Friday, 8 pm along the way. with Laboni Islam and Soheila Esfahani mystics and lovers in Islamic art. $40, $36 Friends, $30 students and seniors Saturday, 2 pm Bring a friend to experiment with reed pens Thursday, 6:30 pm Presented by Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak (Bay Tree Foundation) $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors and transform your poetry into calligraphy art. $20, $18 Friends, $12 students and seniors and Radwan Khawatmi Sunday, 11–4 pm EXHIBITION $50, $45 Friends, $40 students and seniors Paradise garden March 7 april 5 (+$25 materials fee) The Museum + Arts Pass Program february 8 Borrow a free family pass to the Museum summer camps The Wagner Garden Carpet from march break fun COMEDY SERIES SPRING FILM SERIES April 8 with your Toronto Public Library Card! Honouring peter george PERFORMANCE the , Glasgow Passes are available at 50 branches. MARCH 14 – 22, 2020 Spend the summer in a world of discovery! Muslim Interrupted Song of (2018) To learn more visit: tpl.ca/mappass Jeremy Dutcher: Unplugged FEBRUARY 11–AUGUST 16 Bring the family for some fun during COURSE by Ali Hassan with Director Talkback and Performance Our camps — Art Treasures, Storytime March Break! Witness and influence the making of new music On display in Canada for the first time, by Wen Zhao Islamic Architecture Past and Present Theatre, and Nature Explorers — are packed from the Juno Award-winning tenor/composer in A hilarious take on flunking out of Sunday Present your CAA this spectacular masterpiece from 17th- school, ingesting forbidden fruits, and becoming Every day, from 12 to 4 pm, explore the with Dr. Marika Sardar & Shermeen Beg with activities for children aged 6–12. a very special public rehearsal. art of carpets and textiles inspired by our A soulful search into the mysterious Persian Membership Card century is one of the oldest and most a cultural Muslim. From Sinan’s magnificent to Zaha Saturday, 8 pm exhibition Sanctuary, and enjoy hands- tanbūr instrument and its connection to spiritual and save 10% off Register now at unique carpets of its kind. Catch this Saturday, 8 pm Hadid’s futuristic façades, this 6-week course $40, $36 Friends, $30 students and seniors on Art Cart activities in the galleries. Then awakening. general admission.* agakhanmuseum.org/2020summercamps once-in-a lifetime opportunity to discover $35, $31.50 Friends, $26.25 students and seniors explores groundbreaking buildings. make artworks of your own to take home! Sunday, 3 pm the story behind the word “paradise.” Buy 2 shows at full price and save 10% Wednesdays, 6:30–8:30 pm, Apr 8 –May 13 *Offer cannot be combined with $12, $10 Friends, $9 students and seniors other offers. Buy 3 shows at full price and save 15% $210, $180 Friends, $150 students and seniors Programming subject to change. For a complete and up-to-date listing of our events, visit agakhanmuseum.org

Family Programming Teachers, bring your class! Gain new knowledge on our tours Bring the kids and enjoy fun hands-on activities Get in for free with your OCT card and plan your Museum Collection, Special Exhibitions, Copyright © The Aga Khan Museum, 2020. for the whole family! students’ trip to the Museum. Customize your class and Architecture Credits Cover: Detail of CHEZ NOUS, LÀ-BAS! (2019) by eL Seed. Photo by Building Black: Civilizations: Ekow Nimako, World on a Camel’s Back, visit, or choose from a roster of school programs for Marco Pavan. 2019, Lego®. Photo by Samuel Engelking. Family Sundays Enrich your experience at the Aga Khan Museum Pre-K to Grade 12. by taking a tour with a knowledgeable guide. Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From: Detail of For Hamza (2019) by Enjoy Free Museum Admission and Gain New Knowledge on Our Sundays, 12–4 pm Jeanno Gaussi. Photo by Marco Pavan. Tours: Photos by Alyssa Faoro. For curriculum links and booking details, visit Tours are offered daily at various times. Make art and memories in our Education Centre. Sanctuary: Detail of The Only Way Out is Through (2017) designed by Family Programming, March Break Fun, Teachers Bring Your Class, agakhanmuseum.org/schools or email Jeffrey Gibson. Wool, 192x 29.5 cm. Image provided by the FOR-SITE Free Pop-Up Performances, Let’s Be Friends, and Summer Camps: Free with Museum admission. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Foundation with the support of ALRUG. Photos by Connie Tsang. [email protected]. Listen and Connect (clockwise): Photo by Vanessa Heins; photo by Detail of Wagner Garden Carpet, Iran, 17th century. Cotton warp; wool, Family Exploration Activities Museum admission required Glenn Lowson; and photo by Temmuz Arsiray. Photo for A Feast cotton, and silk wefts; and wool pile © the Burrell Collection, CSG CIC Pick up a complimentary activity guide at the for the Mind by Connie Tsang. Photo for Gentle Yoga by Aly Manji. Glasgow Museums Collection. Comfort. Beauty. Inspiration (clockwise from the top): Photo by Ticket Desk and take your family on an exploration Andrea Marvan; photo by Mango Studios www.mangostudios.com; The Story of Blue: Detail of a folio from The Lights of Canopus photo by PBDen Graphics. (Anvar-i Suhayli), Iran, 1593. Opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on of the galleries. paper. Copyright © Aga Khan Museum Collection, AKM289. AGAKHANMUSEUM.ORG 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1K1 416.646.4677 [email protected]

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