PHILADELPHIA––Four days before the midterm elections, a large crowd assembled in Philadelphia to discuss the power of craft … [Read more...]
Feature | Annabeth Rosen’s ‘Fired, Broken, Gathered, Heaped’ at Cranbrook
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan––Annabeth Rosen: Fired, Broken, Gathered, Heaped (November 17, 2018 - March 10, 2019) is the … [Read more...]
NewsFile | BCB Call for Artists, Drippy Vessels, Weaponized Tiles + more!
CFILE––Welcome to NewsFile, our pulse on the world of contemporary ceramics and contemporary ceramic art. As your source for … [Read more...]
Feature | ‘The Experience of Colour’ Exhibition at Sèvres
PARIS––Sèvres presents its exhibition The Experience of Colour this fall––a new unique journey of the senses, over and beyond … [Read more...]
NewsFile | UPDATE: Clay Maven Wins Boss Prize, Cannupa Hanska Luger + more
Welcome to NewsFile, our round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary … [Read more...]
Feature | Iridescent Exteriors: Damien Hirst’s London HQ + Beijing’s M-Cube
LONDON + BEIJING––A deep blue facade of a corner lot row house rises from the ground level transforming into an iridescent … [Read more...]
Feature | A Tale of Two London Ceramics Auctions
LONDON––This October two auctions in London presented a new high end approach to ceramics on auction in an expanded art … [Read more...]
Feature | Acquiring a Cosmic Dimension in a Chapel on the Plains
LA PLAYOSA, Argentina––Christianity is a big religion, which everyone worships differently. The cross on my home church is … [Read more...]
Feature | 2018 Hugo Boss Prize Winner Simone Leigh’s Luhring Augustine Exhibition
NEW YORK––Brooklyn-based, Chicago-born artist––and winner of the 2018 Hugo Boss prize––Simone Leigh's first significant solo … [Read more...]
Architecture Digest | October: Manchester’s New Skyline, Brick Hill, Sand, Clay + Cement
Welcome to our Architecture Digest, where post loads of gorgeous images of the latest architecture, building design, and … [Read more...]
Exhibition Digest | October: Pygmalion Influences, UFOs, + more!
Welcome to our Exhibition Digest series, where each month we unroll all the hot new ceramics exhibitions that you've gotta … [Read more...]
Feature | Jonas Wood + Shio Kusaka’s Duo Exhibition Actually Makes Sense
WASSENAAR, The Netherlands––Graphic, pop culture collages delightfully frame groupings of patterned vases in the playfully … [Read more...]
Feature | Vasa Vasorum: Form as Old as Civilization
SANTA FE––All hail The Vase. In Garth Clark's recent curatorial undertaking, Vasa Vasorum, the mighty Vase is brought to the … [Read more...]
Feature | Articulations of Soul + Volcanic Composites in the Absence of Color
These two artists, while they can't be more dissimilar in their execution of form, work within a common restricted vein: … [Read more...]
Feature | A Necessary Correction, Ruby Sky Stiler’s Exhibition ‘Fathers’
NEW YORK––Ruby Sky Stiler's latest solo show Fathers at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York City (September 6 - October 7, … [Read more...]
cfile.library | Emerging from Hibernation with 4 New Catalogs
You haven't heard from the library in a while, and well, we hibernated in the spring and summer. Now we are back and FREE to … [Read more...]
Sponsored | Phillips Presents ‘Lucie Rie and Hans Coper’ + ‘Important Design’ Auctions
LONDON––Phillips brings together a broad spectrum of international names across its sales of 20th century and contemporary … [Read more...]
Feature | David Kordansky Gallery’s ‘Taurus and the Awakener’
LOS ANGELES––David Kordansky Gallery presents Taurus and the Awakener (July 21 - August 25, 2018), a group exhibition … [Read more...]
Sponsored | The Clay Studio Gets Political in ‘Making a Difference’ Exhibition
PHILADELPHIA––On the eve of the 2018 midterm elections, and in a landscape overwhelmed by competing narratives, The Clay … [Read more...]
Feature | With ‘Thought Presence,’ Kathy Butterly Hits a New High in New York
NEW YORK––The weight and color of objects is easily measured, but how and to what degree do those objects illicit a … [Read more...]
NewsFile | UPDATE: A Ceramic Communion, Janice Tchelenko, #GlobalDayofClay + more!
wWelcome back to our NewsFile segment, our round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic … [Read more...]
Feature | Garth Clark on Silverman Exhibition: Standing Alone, Standing Together
NEW YORK––Adam Silverman’s exhibition The Occupation at Freidman Benda (New York, September 6 – October 13, 2018) is his … [Read more...]
Feature | He’s Back! Léopold Foulem Takes Toronto with ‘5 x 3 = 1’
TORONTO––To scroll through CFile is to listen-in on a conversation in progress—the emerging threshold of what fine arts … [Read more...]
Design Digest | October: Encaustic Tiles, Pot Piles, Whistling Jugs + more!
Welcome to our Design Digest series, where each month we share some mega cool design projects we've come across. Prepare … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Haptic Collaboration, Brian Boldon’s Kinetic Vision in ‘Body Plan’
MINNEAPOLIS––Brian Boldon's latest body of work Bodyplan, featuring stacked porcelain pillars, employs automation––3D … [Read more...]
Sponsored | Phillips Celebrates Modern + Contemporary Ceramics
LONDON–– As part of Frieze Week, Phillips is celebrating modern and contemporary ceramics with an innovative exhibition and … [Read more...]
NewsFile | UPDATED Gender Bias in Art, Judy Chicago, ‘Fewer, Better Things’ + more!
Welcome back to NewsFile, our bi-weekly round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Ai Weiwei, King Houndekpinkou + Many More in ‘Vasa Vasorum’
SANTA FE––Gerald Peters has corralled scholar, historian and noted critic, Garth Clark, to curate VASA VASORUM: The Vase in … [Read more...]
Exhibition Digest | Reclaimed Tile Mosaics, Ceramic Attunement + more!
Welcome to our new Exhibition Digest segment, where we simply direct our reader to the goods: stunning images, an exhibition … [Read more...]
Art | Women Artists Pushing Sculpture Forward, Many Via Clay
CFILE––This article was first published by Artsy shedding some serious light on female artists challenging the field of … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Michael Eden’s Stunning Exhibition in the Rough for Bernardaud
LIMOGES––If you follow hip hop beefs, you’ll know Drake gets a lot of heat from his peers. For those who need a primer, the … [Read more...]
Video | Hitomi Hosono’s Reimagined Wedgwood Jasperware
Welcome back to our periodic Video segment. This week we're featuring Japanese ceramist Hitomi Hosono, who is currently in … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Paul Kotula on Susanne Stephenson, Pewabic Pottery Detroit
The following is an essay by Paul Kotula in which he discusses Susanne Stephenson's retrospective exhibition SUSANNE … [Read more...]
Exhibition | The Haas Brothers’ ‘Stonely Planet’ Takes Over Aspen
ASPEN, Colorado––LA-based artists, twin brothers Nikolai and Simon Haas, elevate fantastical world building to a physical … [Read more...]
Garth Clark | Exhibition: Ruhwald Misses Jorn’s Boat in Albissola Marina
Yes, I am back after a three month sabbatical. It did not dull my teeth. Indeed they are sharper for taking a back seat. Yes, … [Read more...]
Video | Ephemeral Land Art Endures in Immersive 360° Video
NAVAJO NATION––For this Cfile video segment, we dug up this gorgeous, 360-degree immersive video from 2014 designed around … [Read more...]