Dining with the Sultan
is Proud to Support
DINING WITH THE SULTAN:
THE FINE ART OF FEASTING
Now through August, 4, 2024
Isma‘il Jalayir, Women around a Samovar, Iran, Tehran, c. 1870s, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, given by Lady Janet Clark, photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The act of coming together to partake of a meal is a practice shared by all cultures. Food defines us—we are what we eat. Dining with the Sultan is the first exhibition to present Middle Eastern and specifically Iranian art in the context of its associated culinary traditions. It will include some 250 works of art related to the sourcing, preparation, serving, and consumption of food, from 30 public and private collections in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East—objects of undisputed quality and appeal, viewed through the universal lens of fine dining. The exhibition will stimulate not only the eyes but also the appetite, reminding visitors of the communal pleasure of food—both its taste and its presentation. It will provide much-needed information on the enormous class of luxury objects that may be broadly defined as tableware and demonstrate how gustatory discernment was a fundamental activity at the great courts of Iran and the Middle East.
Dish with Quails, Iran, late 17th–early 18th century, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978, image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Dish, Iran, probably Nishapur, mid-15th century, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Damascus Room, 1766–67 CE/AH 1180, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, conservation of the room was organized in partnership with the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture; additional conservation support was provided by the Friends of Heritage Preservation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Coat, Iran, Safavid, late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Gordon Knight Smith, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Key Art Image: A Banquet Scene with Hormuz, folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, Iran, Shiraz, c. 1485–95, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Event Details
| Event Starts | 08/04/2024 |
| Event Ends | 08/04/2024 |
| Individual Price | Adult $20, Senior $16, Students $16, Teen and Youth, Free |
| Location | LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
