These artists revolutionized modern art in Nigeria. They’re finally getting recognition further afield

Think of modern art and Picasso, O’Keeffe or Dali may first come to mind. But Nigerian artists have made key contributions throughout the 20th century — and their influence is being exhibited in the ...
Artnet

In Pictures: The Museum of Arts and Design’s ‘Funk You Too!’ Exhibition Traces the Irreverent Roots of the Contemporary Clay Craze

The new show “Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture,” at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), articulates the links between groups of artists working in a once-neglected, now ...

Digging deep: Balls of clay become works of art with help from Gundlach

Thanks to a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, professional sculptor Annamaria Gundlach gets to be a kid again, and ...
Sarasota Magazine

A New Ringling Exhibit Highlights Women Ceramicists from Japan

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art's new exhibit, Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan is now on view through May 11, 2025. The exhibition, organized by the Art Institute of ...
insider.si.edu

Body vessel clay black women, ceramics & contemporary art

Catalog of an exhibition held at Two Temple Place, London, from January 29-April 24, 2022; and at York Art Gallery, York, from June 24-September 18, 2022 "Our 10th annual exhibition showcased the ...
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Vitamin C : clay + ceramic in contemporary art / Louisa Elderton and Rebecca Morrill, editors

Preface -- Introduction: A haptic art / by Clare Lilley -- Caroline Achaintre -- Ai Weiwei -- Ghada Amer -- Aaron Angell -- Salvatore Arancio -- Trisha Baga -- Alisa ...
Los Angeles Times

LACMA has transitioned to a de facto contemporary art museum. But not a very good one

Do you miss LACMA? I do. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art launched more than 60 years ago as an encyclopedic place to collect and explore global art history from the last 3,000 years. Now, history ...
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I Still Can’t Believe I Made This Glowing Dragon Out of Clay

In this cinematic journey, I take you through every step — from sketching the idea, sculpting the dragon's head by hand, to ...
Time

Art: The Clay Movement

First he spun the soft wet clay into flat dishes, then bulging pots. Slapping them together, he formed twisting columns and knobby mountains. He hardened and fired them into strong ceramic towers, and ...