Kintsugi is a traditional gold-joinery ceramic restoration technique. It restores the practicality and functionality of broken objects, while adding decorativeness. Influenced by the culture of Wabi sabi, Kintsugi stresses significance in the aesthetic value of objects. This poster presents the origin and cultural background of kintsugi, and its dialectical vision of authenticity.
So, What IS Going on in the British Museum?
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William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill (16/2/2026)
"I've just been chatting with Nick Cullinan, the excellent new director of
the British Museum, and I'm very ...
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