The Aga Khan Museum’s Publications Program enhances the exhibitions and educational programs of the Museum by developing print and digital products that cater to a broad range of audiences and interests within the arts. The Museum’s printed publications include collection and exhibition catalogues, academic and scholarly research papers, art books, and children’s books.
The children’s books that are part of the Museum’s Publications Program offer an accessible introduction to the Museum’s Permanent Collection as well as to the arts of Muslim civilizations.
From an arch and a lantern to an owl and a zoo, this ABC spelling book illustrates letters from the Latin alphabet with details from the Aga Khan Museum's superb collection of paintings, illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork, coins, and tiles from the 12th to 19th centuries. The board book offers an accessible introduction for very young children to the Museum's collection, showcasing a rich diversity of works from around the world, including Egypt, Sicily, India, Turkey, and Iran. Proving that learning can be fun, colourful, and exciting, Astounding ABC encourages children to explore the Museum's collection through animals, nature, historical figures, and a variety of artifacts.
Enchanted Lines brings together exceptional examples of some of the best drawings in the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, with special emphasis on those works known to have been created by a particular artist. Intended as a companion book to the Aga Khan Museum’s inaugural temporary exhibition In Search of the Artist: Signed Paintings and Drawings from the Aga Khan Museum Collection, it is the first in a series of volumes showcasing different aspects of the Museum’s Permanent Collection. Author Filiz Çakır Phillip situates these drawings in their historical and artistic context and provides incisive background on techniques and themes.
Fascinated by the exhibition Home Ground: Contemporary Art from the Barjeel Art Foundation?
This exhibition was the first contemporary exhibition to open at the Aga Khan Museum. Celebrated Pakistani artists joined together to create magnificent works which were then translated on this special edition gift-wrapping book exclusive to the Aga Khan Museum. Beautiful sheets of paper inspired by the artists work are compiled together in this keepsake book which makes for a perfect conversation piece and gifting item.
When bestselling British author Elizabeth Laird introduces the brother jackals Kalilah and Dimnah, she acknowledges a tradition that is as ancient as storytelling itself: the animal fable with a moral. Kalilah and Dimnah debuted in the Panchatantra (Sanskrit for Five Principles), composed in India in the 3rd century BCE. In that work, related as a series of nested tales-within-tales told to illustrate examples of right or wrong behaviour that lead to good or bad results, Dimnah destroys the friendship between a lion and a bull out of jealousy and has to face the consequences.