There is no denying that Doris Duke was a fascinating woman.  Over her life she amassed one of the world’s greatest Islamic Art collections.  Today her collection is primarily exhibited in her Shangrila estate in Hawaii.  While the inspiration for the collection seems to be steeped in a fairly mystical view of the “orient” Duke amassed some world-class pieces.  Seventy pieces from her collection have now been put together for an exhibition that will start at the Museum of Art and Design in New York before traveling on to the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, Fla.; the Nasher Museum at Duke University in Durham, N.C.; the University of Michigan Museum of Art; the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery; the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno; and the Academy of Art in Honolulu.  For an overview of the exhibition check out the Museum of Art and Design’s page or the review in the New York Times.