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Professor Nasser D. Khalili  on The Art of Collecting
Lecture
Organised by
Asia House and Iran Heritage Foundation
Date
Tuesday 26th January 2016, 6.45pm – 8.00pm 
(followed by reception
Location
Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT
Description
World-renowned scholar, collector and philanthropist Professor Nasser D. Khalili PhD, KCSS, KCFO will give a talk on the fascinating stories behind his collections and the journey that his passion for collecting has taken him on, starting from a very early age in Isfahan.

Under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust, the eight collections include: Islamic art (700–2000), Hajj and the arts of pilgrimage (700–2000), Aramaic documents (353–324), Japanese art of the Meiji period (1868–1912), Japanese kimono (1700–2000), Swedish textiles (1700–1900), Spanish damascene metalwork (1850–1900) and Enamels of the world (1700–2000). Together, the eight collections comprise some 25,000 works.

The Khalili Collections will be fully represented in a series of 88 books, including exhibition catalogues, of which 70 have already been published. Some of these books will be offered to lecture attendees as gifts on the night
Biography
Since 1970, Professor Khalili has assembled eight of the world’s finest art collections, which include Islamic art and art of the Hajj pilgrimage from 700-2000. These collections have contributed to more than 50 international exhibitions, with objects having been exhibited in museums worldwide including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

In 1989 he founded the Nasser D. Khalili Chair of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS and in 1995 he created the Maimonides Interfaith Foundation, a charity which promotes peace and understanding between Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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