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...]
Feature | Flamethrowers, A Transgressive Exhibition at Elijah Wheat Brooklyn
BROOKLYN––A beastly paw palm in a gestural offering dares viewers to snatch the riches held inside lays juxtaposed against … [Read more...]
Sponsored Post | 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 Post | 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!
Welcome back to our NewsFile segment, our round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art … [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 Post | 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...]
Exhibition | Subversive Serviceware, Rona Kobel’s ‘Dinner for Sinner’
The following is a essay titled Soup-Plate Lynching by art critic Ludwig Seyfarth with translation by Sean … [Read more...]
Tile | Paved in Porcelain, V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter Celebrates One Year
LONDON––Celebrating it's first anniversary earlier this summer, Victoria and Albert museum's new Exhibition Road Quarter, … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Practicing for Vesuvius with Quiet Serenity
NEW YORK––Here’s a horrifying sight—a squirming pot. Like Pompeii’s buried Romans, ceramist Lauren Nauman’s clay vessels in … [Read more...]
Sponsored Post | Open Call: Officine Saffi’s Open to Art Ceramics Award
MILAN––Submissions for the third edition of Open to Art Ceramics Award are open until September 21, 2018. The award is … [Read more...]
Tile | Frida Escobedo’s Cement Celosia 2018 Serpentine Pavilion
LONDON––Dark, dynamic cement tile harnesses the copacetic relationship between light, reflective waters and geometry in … [Read more...]
Art | Examining Injustice + Psychology, A New Impetus for Ruby Rumié
CARTAGENA, Colombia––Ruby Rumié's multi-disciplinary work focuses on her research on the locals of Getsemaní, a historical … [Read more...]
Architecture | Olafur Eliasson + Studio Other Spaces’ Submerged Fjordenhus
VEJLE, Denmark––Employing contemporary architecture couched in traditional brick, the semi-submerged structure's convex and … [Read more...]
Donate Today | Help us Keep Cfile.org FREE to the World
We're almost there! By sending sunshine to Cfile.org you're helping us build an enduring legacy for the artists-, students- … [Read more...]
Art | Amanda Chambers’ Historical Narratives in Ceramic
LONDON––U.K.-based artist Amanda Chambers' conceptual wall installation Stilboestrol draws inspiration from the life of … [Read more...]
NewsFile | Garth Clark’s Lecture Heads to Akron + #MeToo
Welcome to NewsFile, our bi-weekly round-up of the latest news and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Beyond Function: The Ceramics of Judith Salomon
CLEVELAND, Ohio––The following is an essay by Christopher L. Richards on Judith Salomon's 2017 exhibition Beyond Function: … [Read more...]
Art | The Second Surface: Cary Esser’s Parfleches
KANSAS CITY, Missouri––In her new series of ceramic wall reliefs, The Second Surface (February 2 – March 24, 2018) at Sherry … [Read more...]
Book | Review: ‘The Shape of Craft’ by Ezra Shales
I played a game in reviewing Ezra Shales’ book, The Shape of Craft (Padstow, Cornwall, UK: 2017. 256 pages). If the author … [Read more...]