“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see…” Edward Degas The Paris Salon, the New York Armoury, the London Royal Academy Exhibition and the Vienna Kunstlerhaus were legendary art exhibitions of the 19th century. In reality they were more about competition than exhibition. Artists fought tooth and nail to have their… Read more

“I am the Nile…” Cleopatra The Edwin Smith Papyrus is located in the New York Society of Medicine. Like many similar objects it was liberated from Egypt in the 1800s. The 4.86m scroll is believed to be a scribe copy of a document from around 3000-2500 BCE. The author is thought to be the architect,… Read more