An important new exhibition traces the life and work of Thomas W. Commeraw, free Black potter of early New York.
Ozark Roadside Tourist Pottery: The Legend of Harold Horine
On a day in 1935, ceramist Harold Horine and his mother packed up their car in their hometown of Hollister, Missouri, and headed west.
Current and coming: Maverick pottery in New Orleans
An exhibition in New Orleans celebrates the work of Katherine Choy
Connoisseur’s Eye: “Cloud at sunrise…iridescent vapor”
The very best of Van Briggle Pottery (Part One)
Curious Objects: The Life and Labor of Enslaved Potter Dave Drake, With Ethan Lasser
In this episode of the podcast, Ethan Lasser tells the story of Dave Drake, an enslaved potter at work in Edgefield County.
Simple and artistic, Simple and good
Assessing the best of the Saturday Evening Girls’ Paul Revere Pottery
Assessing Early Newcomb Pottery
Fifty-one years ago, this publication introduced many readers to the Newcomb Pottery in a short article based on what had been learned to that date about the first decades at the New Orleans ceramics enterprise founded in 1895.
Pugilism in English Pottery
By PAUL MAGRIEL; from The Magazine ANTIQUES, January 1948. Paul Magriel was formerly on the staff of the Museum of Modern Art, where he arranged a number of exhibitions on the history of dancing. His exhibition, The Ring and the Glove, on view at the Museum of the City of New York until April 4, 1948, is the first full-scale retrospective exhibition of …
The Connoisseur’s Eye: Grueby vases
Connoisseurship of the vessels produced by the Grueby Faience Company and the Grueby Pottery has been surprisingly slow to develop over the past forty years, during which time collections, exhibitions, and scholarly publications have featured them as exemplars of the American art pottery movement. As early as 1900 Keramic Studio noted that “no collection would be perfect without a piece …
Recommended this week
On August 15 & 16 Northeast Auctions will host its annual Marine, China Trade & Sporting Art auction, including English pottery from the collection of Bob Treitelman. See all 1,152 lots here. Peggy Cooper Cafritz spoke to the New York Times about the loss of her African-American and African art collection after her Washington, DC home was destroyed by fire …