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 ...

In the last years, the ancient material has transcended its traditional functionality and has been elevated to its own form of fine art. Sarah Rayner, Entwined, 2020, hand carved porcelain, 28 x 28 x ...

If anything is a sign of the elevated status of ceramics, it's the central place a kiln now occupies on the campus of CalArts. Once in disrepair because of limited interest, the kiln is in high demand ...

Even without a reflective surface, porcelain mirrors history and culture. Once more precious than gold, its value has plunged over the centuries until it is now as common as the clay from which it is ...

This was an issue that arose in April this year at the international ceramics symposium Clay Gulgong in the Hunter Valley near Mudgee, at which I also presented a paper. It was clear there was a vast ...

Lovers of sculpture who prefer clay to other materials have much to celebrate this month in Chicago, with a not-to-be-missed pair of shows at the Smart Museum of Art and the Art Institute, ...

Twenty-three artists explore the potential of this ancient material in works tackling issues from Post-it note wars to feudalism and porn Strange Clay is a wild surprise. Totem poles of chimney pots ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The sun-bleached terrain of the Jezreel valley close to Nazareth is a contested land, home to countless people of ...

In a turn of events, a lost art has found its way back to the mainstream and has actually become a sort of therapy for many. In an era of mass-produced goods, the gentle, slow process of carving ...