n addition to the art collection, Shangri La’s resources include the historic site and buildings, cultural landscape, household furnishings, archives, and personal affects, many of which are utilized programmatically. The breadth and diversity of the resources at Shangri La lend themselves to multidisciplinary programming, embracing the visual arts, literature, music, and dance.
Shangri La’s initial program offerings include public tours; Arts of the Islamic World, a new exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts; Creating Shangri La, a video orientation shown at the Honolulu Academy of Arts; publication of Doris Duke’s Shangri La; and several events.
Diversified on-site programs such as residencies and symposia for artists and scholars are now in effect, with more programs soon to follow. The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art also supports off-site programs such as film festivals, lectures, and performances for which the Honolulu Academy of Arts often serves as the venue. Specific information can be found at tours, events, residencies and symposia.
Featured video
Recent scholar-in-residence, Dr. Linda Komaroff, presented a lecture on the international loan exhibition Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts at Shangri La on Saturday, July 30. Komaroff, exhibition curator and Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curator of Islamic art, discussed the exhibition and some of the works of art associated with the great Islamic courts from Spain to India, where gift giving was a fundamental activity. Even if you did not attend the event, you can still view it below. Learn more about her lecture.
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