Malaysia's biggest private art collection debuts at IMCAS

Nearly two hundred masterpieces of Malaysian art from Malaysia’s biggest private art collection, the Aliya and Farouk Khan collection will be the main attraction at IM©AS, Iskandar Malaysia Contemporary Art show in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The private collection will make its debut at this renowned cultural show of Malaysia’s contemporary art as a preview to the hosting and launch of the collection by Malaysia’s National Art Gallery slated for early 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. The collection will be launched at an invite-only event at 10.30am on Saturday the 4th of April at Level 4 of Danga City Mall by HRH Raja Zarith Sofiah, the consort of the crown prince of Johor. The exhibition will remain open to the public for three months till the 14th of June 2009.



About the Aliya And Farouk Khan Art collection

The Aliya and Farouk Khan art collection represents the largest collection of contemporary Malaysian art in the country, private or public. Both in terms of quantity and quality the collection’s body of Malaysian art is without peer. Comprising some 800 works of art, it features major paintings by contemporary Malaysian artists from the last three decades including iconic works from the Matahati group, works from major artists such as Jailani Abu Hassan and Anwar Zakii as well as young new contemporary Malaysian painters such as Shooshi Sulaiman and Rajinder Singh.