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Cultural Canvas

Night in the Garden of Love

SHEZAD DAWOOD

Aga Khan Museum

Now through May 5, 2024

Making its Canadian premiere, is a captivating, multisensory exploration of an imagined universe. Inspired and named after a novella by the late Yusef Lateef, the exhibit by London-based artist Shezad Dawood delves into the dual nature of a garden, combining its earthbound and spiritual dimensions. It features painted textiles, drawings by Lateef,

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