"We live in a world of half-completed things or damaged objects, but I had never articulated to myself that in fact there were times quite often that I preferred the objects that way."
Islamic art curator Navina Haidar extols the implications and aesthetics of the broken or incomplete.
Connections: Better Broken
Islamic art curator Navina Haidar extols the implications and aesthetics of the broken or incomplete.
Navina Najat Haidar
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Navina Najat Haidar
Curator, Department of Islamic Art
Curator, Department of Islamic Art
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