Shangri La’s garden was designed based on the Mughal dynasty’s gardens. Photo Credit: Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design One of the richest heiresses in the world, Doris Duke, daughter ...

Doris had told her, ‘Don’t say anything,’ so Mother just glared at the people.” In her first years in Hawaii, Duke sometimes entertained socially but, says museum director Deborah Pope, “usually with ...

Shangri La calls to mind a secluded paradise, an exotic place that evokes the mysteries of the ancient Orient. For the late philanthropist and art collector Doris Duke, her 5-acre retreat in Honolulu ...

Having no direct heirs, Duke left the bulk of her billiondollar estate to charity. Among other bequests, her will established the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art to “promote the study and ...