Adaptive Ceramic Histories

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Adaptive Ceramic Histories November 20, 2026 – March 29, 2027 The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall. Ground Floor Included with admission. Free for Gardiner Members. Get Tickets Become a Member Curated by Alexandra Box, Gardiner Museum Curatorial Resident Engage in an exploration of materially mediated dynamics of care and adaption. Adaptive Ceramic Histories presents an expansive way of looking at histories of medical and adaptive ceramics created for sick or disabled users. The exhibition invites you to delve into the design of care from the vantage point of users, departing from traditional histories of medicine centering on medical professionals. Instead, it considers the possibilities of pleasure and metaphor to build a more fulsome knowledge of patient care to craft the future. Adaptive Ceramic Histories features objects from the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection alongside loans to highlight the importance of ceram

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