Tag: Pottery

  • Lucie Rie/Hans Coper: Life at the Wheel

    With more than 200 works drawn wholly from private collections, this exhibition may be a once in a lifetime chance to see such a diverse display of the output of these two potters

  • Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels

    With many objects drawn from Fritsch’s private collection, this first retrospective of the ceramicist in 15 years presents a rare opportunity to see her works

  • Gillian Lowndes: Radical Clay

    A post-apocalyptic landscape or an abandoned toolshed? This compact exhibition, by ceramics sculptor Gillian Lowndes, inspires the mind to wander

  • Shōji Hamada: A Japanese Potter in Ditchling

    This show explores the works, friendships and shared practices of Hamada and Bernard Leach as well as other eminent artists working in craft and design in the 20th century

  • Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery

    This beautifully curated show includes everything from Rie’s practical domestic objects, such as casseroles and teapots, to her elegant signature vases and neat footed bowls. There are even pieces she brought to London in her suitcase as she fled the…

  • British Ceramics Biennial 2021

    Set in the heart of Britain’s former ceramic manufacturing centre, this inspiring show provides an invaluable platform for artists unafraid of tackling big topics

  • Christine and Jennifer Binnie – interview

    Artist sisters Christine and Jennifer Binnie talk about their joint curation of an exhibition from the Towner Collection, returning to East Sussex, where they were raised, and life and work during lockdown

  • Kai Althoff Goes With Bernard Leach

    Juxtaposing a sprawling selection of Althoff’s works with a tribute to British studio pottery, the first UK survey of the perpetual enfant terrible raises more questions than it answers

  • Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

    If you can move beyond the small size of the venue and the incongruity of hermetically sealed display vitrines, this show provides a chance to view Perry’s raw, angry and provocative early works

  • Michael Sherrill – interview: ‘I’d call myself a student of art’

    Sherrill talks about his current retrospective at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, why he calls himself a “material-based artist”, being influenced by Matisse – and the joy of home-grown tomatoes