MONTREAL, Canada — Fall is here and I've been fighting against cosmic forces to ignore Halloween at least until October … [Read more...]
Art + Architecture | “Nebraska:” Midwest Gothic Totems by Ben Peterson
SAN FRANCISCO — Nebraska, Ratio 3's exhibition of Oakland-based artist Ben Peterson (January 17 - February 28), should tug at … [Read more...]
Architecture + Not Clay But… | A “Vessel” of Endless Stairs in New York City
NEW YORK CITY — The trend of buildings that look like vases has come stateside, it seems. On September 14 Heatherwick Studio … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Graham Marks Imparts Knowledge through Abstract Ceramic Art
NEW YORK CITY — Graham Marks has an artist statement on his page that has been evolving over the course of several decades. … [Read more...]
Architecture | Earth and Bamboo Research Center by Chiangmai Life Construction
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — There's something appropriate about a research facility focused on sustainability coupled with … [Read more...]
Spotted | A Wedgwood Unboxing, 5,000 Years of Pottery & More!
Welcome to Spotted, your Monday roundup of fascinating tidbits from the world of contemporary ceramics and contemporary … [Read more...]
NewsFile | “Voulkos, Then and Now” Panel at Museum of Arts and Design
NEW YORK CITY — Welcome to your Monday update on the latest news to come out of the world of contemporary ceramic art! This … [Read more...]
cfile.library | International Artists’ Thoughts on Desire, Belger Arts Center
Many thanks to The Belger Arts Center and the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program for providing us with this … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Delicate, Sharp Works Coming into their Own with Zemer Peled’s “Nomad”
LOS ANGELES — Mark Moore Gallery is currently showing Nomad, Israeli-born artist Zemer Peled's first solo exhibition in LA … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Philip Eglin, “Kick the Bucket” at Marsden Woo, London
LONDON — Philip Eglin's current exhibition, Kick the Bucket, is currently underway at London's Marsden Woo Gallery … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Modern, Yet Ritualistically Primitive Female Forms by Ruby Neri
LOS ANGELES — Over the summer, David Kordansky Gallery hosted Slaves and Humans, an exhibition of new ceramic sculpture by … [Read more...]
Architecture | Jean Nouvel’s “Martyred,” “Contemptible” Concert Hall
PARIS — I wonder if people would have suspected that something was wrong with French architect Jean Nouvel's $364 million … [Read more...]
Design | Hélène Morbu in Paris with Woven, Precisely Sculpted Vases
PARIS — We're still turning up good finds from this Fall's Maison & Objet fair in Paris. Designer Hélène Morbu wowed us … [Read more...]
Video | Billy Lloyd Discusses Making the Jump from Pottery to Design
LONDON, UK — This brief interview with London designer Billy Lloyd illustrates something we've always suspected: the … [Read more...]
Brick + Painting | Matthew Willey will Paint for the Good of the Hive
New York City — Matthew Willey is a New York and Asheville, North Carolina-based artist who makes his living painting murals … [Read more...]
Speaking | Garth Clark On the Road Again: Toronto 28th and 29th, and LA October 1
Our chief editor Garth Clark is taking his all-encompassing knowledge of contemporary ceramic art on the road. Above … [Read more...]
NewsFile | New Apple iPhone 8, 500 Year-Old Kilns and More!
Welcome to NewsFile, your Monday roundup of news from the contemporary ceramics and contemporary ceramic art … [Read more...]
Spotted | A Marker for Freddie Mercury, A 5-Figure Duckworth, Meme Truth and more!
Welcome to Spotted, your Monday resource for interesting ephemera from the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
cfile.library | Free Spirit: With an Arm and Leg In Tradition
Susan Folwell, Wind Wagon, 2005, native clay, native clay slips, acrylic, metal As always, we are so lucky to have … [Read more...]
Education | ArtNet Crunches Data on Whether an MFA is Worth It
Numbers don't lie, and when viewed through the right lens they can show you many (sometimes uncomfortable) things about the … [Read more...]
Not Clay But… | Studio Roosegaarde’s 3D Clouds at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — The story behind Brian Eno's Music for Airports is that the ambient musician wanted to make the … [Read more...]
Design + Technology | This Vessel Purifies Milk with UV Light and a Battery
JERUSALEM, Israel — Continuing our late-summer, early-fall showcase of student design projects, we wanted to show you this … [Read more...]
Design | Zaha Hadid’s High Contrast Fall 2016 Home Collection in Paris
PARIS — Designer and architect Zaha Hadid passed away this March, but her studio released a collection of high-contrast home … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Edward Eberle Retrospective at Society for Contemporary Craft
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — The following is critic Anthony E. Stellaccio's review of the Edward Eberle Retrospective at the … [Read more...]
Design | 3D Printed Lamps that Glow from No Discernable Source
If the models in the promotional images for Christo Logan's two.parts lamps look astonished, it's only because the lamps are … [Read more...]
Video | A 3D Printer Can Now Build Low-Cost Houses out of Mud
MASSA LOMBARDA, Italy — I like driving through the boonies in New Mexico and seeing the old adobe buildings sitting back from … [Read more...]
Not Clay But… | “Ken Price: Drawings” at Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — We've run a couple articles about the drawings of ceramics legend Ken Price. Way back at the dawn of CFile we … [Read more...]
Architecture + Brick | Archohm’s Museum of Socialism and Jayaprakash Narayan Memorial
LUCKNOW, India — You don't see much old timey socialist architecture nowadays. Russia had a throwback to that style with … [Read more...]
News | MAD Gets a New Director, Contemporary Ceramics Gets Free Database and more!
Welcome to News, our weekly roundup of goings-on in the contemporary ceramics and contemporary ceramic art worlds. Above … [Read more...]
Spotted | Futuristic Ceramics, Artist Builds Trump’s Wall, Garlic vs. Perfume and more!
You rolled out of bed and made it to work on a Monday. Congratulations! As your positive reinforcement for the day, we have a … [Read more...]
cfile.library | Two Léopold Foulem Catalogs that are Distasteful in the Best Way
We are extremely grateful to ceramic legend Léopold Foulem for allowing us to digitalize two of his incredible catalogs, … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Shio Kusaka: Second Solo Show at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, California — Blum & Poe presented Los Angeles-based artist Shio Kusaka’s second solo exhibition at the … [Read more...]
Design | Some Respect for Muriel Grateau, Fashionista turned Designer
PARIS, France — I feel a kinship with Muriel Grateau because we both favor black. True, my wardrobe is mostly made of old … [Read more...]
Technology | Inside the World of Repairing Priceless Ceramic Art
I have a lot of respect for restoration work, if only because I imagine that everyone within it must be naturally immune to … [Read more...]
Video | The Castello di Sammezzano in Tuscany Needs an Owner
TUSCANY, Italy — Anyone have enough money to buy a castle? I know of a pretty cool one that's been on the market for more … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Kondo Takahiro: “Waves of Ink: Painting in Porcelain” in NYC
NEW YORK CITY — Joan B Mirviss LTD is presenting a solo exhibition of new works by Kondo Takahiro (b. 1958), Waves of Ink: … [Read more...]