The Clay Studio revisits history of Philadelphia ceramics by way of four...
(Source: John S and James L Knight Foundation) Right now, a visit to The Clay Studio is a journey some 65 years back into the history of ceramics in Philadelphia. At this Knight Arts grantee, the...
View ArticleChoice: ceramics at Beaver Gallery
Choice: ceramics by Alice Couttoupes, Somchai Charoen, Maria Chatzinikolaki, Klaus Gutowski, Shin Koyama, Keiko Matsui, Kim-Anh Nguyen, Ramesh Nithiyendran, Avital Sheffer, Vipoo Srivilasa, Kenji...
View ArticleSurrounds is the Canberra Potters' Society 2015 Australian Ceramics Triennale...
Surrounds. Canberra Potters' Society 2015 Australian Ceramics Triennale Exhibition, Watson Arts Centre, Until July 26. This exhibition curated by Patsy Hely and Sarah Rice "showcases high-level,...
View ArticleReview: Fragility by Sandra Black at Beaver Galleries
Craft by Kerry-Anne Cousins Fragility – porcelain by Sandra Black. Beaver Galleries. Until September 1. Two warm honey coloured celadon glazed bowls in this exhibition are a tangible reminder of Sandra...
View ArticleElements of Place - ceramics by Avi Amesbury at Form Studio and Gallery
Elements of Place: ceramics by Avi Amesbury. FORM Studio and Gallery, Queanbeyan. Until November 22. A fragment of a poem written by the artist – Is not a land's journey where I belong – inscribed on...
View ArticleKerry-Anne Cousins' top five Canberra craft shows of 2015
2015 could be said to be the year of ceramics inspired by Stepping Up – The Australian Ceramics Triennale held in Canberra in July. The Triennale resulted in a wide and varied program of events...
View ArticleEssence of……porcelain by Maria Chatzinikolaki at Beaver Galleries is arresting
Essence of... porcelain by Maria Chatzinikolaki. Beaver Galleries. Until July 3. Reviewer: Kerry-Anne Cousins. Maria Chatzinikolaki's ceramics with their heightened decoration are very distinctive....
View ArticleDivergence review: ceramics by Elaine Bradley, Verney Burness, Richilde...
Divergence: ceramics by Elaine Bradley, Verney Burness, Richilde Flavell, Isabelle Mackay-Sim, Fran Romano, Lia Tajcnar. Form Studio and Gallery, Queanbeyan. Until May 22. Reviewer: Kerry-Anne Cousins....
View ArticleReview: Group show at Nancy Sever Gallery in Canberra a glimpse of three very...
Gilbert Riedelbauch – metal, Avi Amesbury – ceramics, Mel George – glass. Nancy Sever Gallery. Until May 1. Gilbert Riedelbauch, Avi Amesbury and Mel George are well known in Canberra for their high...
View ArticleReview: Les Blakebrough's porcelain exhibition at Beaver Galleries in...
Les Blakebrough – Gathering Light – Porcelain. Beaver Galleries. On until May 1. Les Blakebrough has had a long and rewarding career as a ceramicist and teacher creating ceramics of quiet assurance and...
View ArticleCapital Life: What's on in Canberra's arts scene from November 7
Concrete jungle Inspired by the concrete screen brick, Alex Lewis presents a collection of digital prints that isolate and examine this modernist building detail. From Palm Springs to Bangkok, on...
View ArticleIn the Falling Light: ANU exhibit showcases ceramics by Kirsten Coelho
In the Falling Light: ceramics by Kirsten Coelho. ANU Drill Hall Gallery. Until August 9. Walking into the small side gallery at the Drill Hall is like walking into a very calm and serene space. It...
View ArticleMoments in the Day: ceramics by Greg Daly at Nancy Sever Gallery are beautiful
Moments in the Day – ceramics by Greg Daly. Nancy Sever Gallery. Until December 18. Greg Daly noted in 2013 that from the very beginning I have had a passion for glaze (catalogue introduction to his...
View ArticleCeramic lowdown: Earthenware, stoneware and porcelain
Homeware with a handmade "perfectly imperfect" vibe is hot right now, so it's no surprise that handcrafted ceramics are rising in popularity. But there's more to ceramics than the speckled, handcrafted...
View ArticleMade in Britain to showcase 'A Century of Ceramics'
Press Release CENTURY OF CERAMICS Made in Britain, Sotheby's London, 13 September 2017 "Pottery is at once the simplest and the most difficult of the arts. It is the simplest because it is the most...
View ArticleAfghan Artisans Coming to Washington, D.C., To Demonstrate Their Crafts and...
(Source: Freer Gallery of Art) 'Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan' Remains on View in Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Through Jan. 29, 2017 Media only: Media website: Sept....
View ArticleCeramic artists ride design's trend toward the handcrafted
Lisa Jones founded her ceramics company, Pigeon Toe, eight years ago with an emphasis on petite pottery pieces like her three-legged "tripot" bowls and teensy stacking bowls. Her timing could not have...
View ArticleDetroit pottery center uses ceramics to build community and push boundaries...
(Source: John S and James L Knight Foundation) Photo: Pewabic Director of Programs Chrys Bonnay-Lewis and artist Blake J. Williams. This post has been updated to correct the date of the Knight Arts...
View ArticleMDC Museum of Art + Design Presents Sunkoo Yuh: Grafted Stories (Miami Dade...
(Source: Miami Dade College) Miami, Nov. 15, 2016-Miami Dade College's (MDC) Museum of Art + Design (MOA+D) will presentGrafted Stories, a solo exhibition by Korean-born artist Sunkoo Yuh, from Nov....
View ArticleRevolution in ceramic tile printing signals renewed demand for encoders...
(Source: Renishaw plc) Screen printing (flat-bed or cylinder) has traditionally been used for tile decoration and involves applying each of the colours in a design using a separate roller or screen....
View Article$37.7 million bowl sets Chinese ceramic auction record
A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty sold at auction for $37.7 million on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby's said. A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's...
View ArticleCeramics that serve as artistic tableware
Ceramics that serve as artistic tableware Chefs such as Christopher Kostow of the Restaurant at Meadowood may flock to local ceramicists for unique serving ware. [...] those artisans didn’t necessarily...
View ArticleLost in the Great Fire: which London buildings disappeared in the 1666 blaze?
This week 350 years ago, the Great Fire of London burned through 400 of the city’s streets. Matthew Green reveals the extraordinary structures lost in the blaze – from old St Paul’s to a riverside...
View ArticleArt review: The peculiar Library at ANCA Gallery
The Peculiar Library, ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place, Dickson. Closes November 29, Wed to Sun 12-5pm. Famously, Stéphane Mallarmé declared "Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book."...
View ArticleInterior instagrams of the week
The hive mind's in the swing of spring, and the rustic shades of winter have vanished from 'the 'gram.' This week it seems the glamorous ones have been concerning themselves with a palette that's fresh...
View ArticleFigurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis’ love of porcelain
Himmler called porcelain ‘one of the few things that give me pleasure’ and Hitler gave it as gifts. This is the extraordinary story of Porzellan Manufaktur Allach...
View ArticleProfessor's 'Anamorphosis' sculpture on exhibit in Massachusetts gallery...
(Source: Alfred University) Artist Anne Currier, professor of ceramics at Alfred University (AU), is presenting work in 'Anamorphosis' at Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA beginning Saturday, March 12 and...
View ArticleHandmade ceramics are white hot right now
Handcrafted, small-batch ceramics are everywhere these days. They can be spotted in the stylised pages of Kinfolk, Apartamento and other cult magazines, often paired with organically-shaped cutting...
View Article[English] Sotheby's Hong Kong Presents Chinese Works of Art December Auction...
(Source: Sotheby's Inc) Press Release Hong Kong For Immediate Release Hong Kong | Katherine Fung | +852 2822 8140 | katherine.fung@sothebys.com | London | Matthew Floris | +44 20 7293 5167 |...
View ArticleUltratravel's Smart Shopper: Prague
Slowly but surely, Prague has established itself as a popular city-break destination in Eastern Europe, with luxury shopping high on its list of attractions. Twenty years ago, the Czech capital was...
View ArticlePrague offers the best of Bohemian crystal alongside art, accessories and...
Slowly but surely, Prague has established itself as a popular city-break destination in Eastern Europe, with luxury shopping high on its list of attractions. Twenty years ago, the Czech capital was...
View ArticleGlobal Ceramic Tiles Industry
LONDON, June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Ceramic Tiles in Volume (Million Square Feet) and Value (US$ Million). The report provides separate comprehensive...
View ArticleArt: Overland by Ros Auld and Tim Winters at Queanbeyan's Form Studio and...
Overland. By Ros Auld and Tim Winters. Form Studio and Gallery. 1/30 Aurora Avenue, Queanbeyan. Weekdays 9.30am to 2.30pm, Weekends 10am to 4pm. Until November 1. This exhibition showcases the work of...
View ArticleThoroughly Modern at Canberra Contemporary Art Space offers six views of...
Thoroughly Modern. Various artists. Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gorman Arts Centre. 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon. Until May 7. Reviewer: Peter Haynes. This is a handsome exhibition. The curator,...
View ArticleDetroit ceramics studio grows, evolves at its own pace
Wisconsin isn’t usually the starting point for a Detroit-based business, but it was for Ryan and Kaitlyn Lawless of Corbé ceramics. FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn Hand-crafted in Detroit Fullscreen...
View Article[English] Sotheby's Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art 2017 Autumn Sale
Press Release Hong Kong For Immediate Release Hong Kong | Blake Kwok | +852 2822 8143 | blake.kwok@sothebys.com | Winnie Tang | +852 2822 8129 | winnie.tang@sothebys.com New York | Dan Abernethy | +1...
View ArticleGego, Nasreen Mohamedi, Ruth Hardinger and Kara Rooney.
Four New York shows during the 2015-16 season that reprise either the history or the practice of Postminimalist aesthetics. Top left: Gego's Chorros installation from 1971 re-installed at Dominque Levy...
View ArticleSee inside Canberra artist Avi Amesbury's Holt studio
With a gentle breeze flowing up from the scenic valley and the sounds of bird song peppered by the occasional rooster crow, it would be hard not to feel inspired in Avi Amesbury's studio at Strathnairn...
View ArticleArtists, both mature and emerging, show form at Form
Form presents two exhibitions that celebrate two very different phases of an artist's career. The work in Valerie Kirk's Past in the Present and the Future shows a mature and resolved aesthetic voice...
View ArticleKeiko Matsui, Kenji Uranishi and Prue Venables: New porcelain at Beaver Gallery
New porcelain. By Keiko Matsui, Kenji Uranishi and Prue Venables. Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin. Until May 14. This exhibition brings together three very different ceramic artists, each...
View ArticleGrayson Perry work added to Swindon ceramic art collection (Swindon Borough...
(Source: Swindon Borough Council) An early work by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry has been acquired by the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery to add to its growing and significant ceramics...
View Article18 Aug 2016 Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by Jingdezhen’s National...
(Source: The University of Hong Kong) Back 18 Aug 2016 The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will present Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by...
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