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Tiny Japanese sculptures on display at the Jewish Museum tell the story of a Jewish family’s…
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) - Edmund de Waal believes objects, like families, are diasporic. They start in one place and end in another, accumulating stories.
A master ceramist who exhibits his work internationally, de!-->…
Inspiring Walt Disney: French Decorative Arts Animation
The next series of galleries will be devoted to The beauty and the Beast (1991), which Walt Disney himself had suggested for animation in the 1940s and 1950s. The famous tale was first published in 1740 by Suzanne-Gabrielle Barbot de…
On the Green: Passing on our personal heritage | Lifestyles
Everyone has a heritage to pass on to the next generation. Is it a family gem? Grandma's rocking chair?…
Continental Charm – richmondmagazine.com
Priscille Georges admits to being a 21st century woman with the tastes of the 18th century Marie-Antoinette.
“Give me some silk, some velvet, some sparkle,” she laughs.
There's a lot of sparkle - and centuries gone by - in Fan's…
Boulder Potters’ Guild brings the work of nearly 40 members to Boulder County Fairgrounds…
For over 50 years, members of the Boulder Potters' Guild have created various artistic vases and sculptures that add a terrific touch to interiors.
Courtney Puig answers questions about her pottery pockets on November 7, 2019, during the…
Control over the female body, expressed in porcelain, rope and hair
HOUSTON - While researching the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center in 2018, Jennifer Ling Datchuk came across a poster that caught her eye. Shanghai People's Publishing House's Chinese…
Porcelain produced by Hickory had the “wow” factor | Local News
Over a period of several years, including the years of World War II, the Moodys found and lost investors. Then, according to the book, " was encouraged by John W. Fox of Duke Power Company to present his ideas to Hickory, the North…
The imperfect perfection of ceramicists Hylton Nel and Nico Masemola
The Sphinx looks at the viewer with a smirk of bewilderment and defiance. It has none of the apathy and impenetrability that we have come to associate with these mythological creatures. On the contrary, ceramic artist Hylton Nel Sphinx…
a show at paroxysms of embarrassment on its own subject
Opposite is a debonair terracotta bust of Hogarth by another French artist, sculptor Louis François Roubiliac. Even Hogarth's famous self-portrait with his pug, often hailed as an unadorned and indomitable icon of English, appears…
Long-lost Golden Island resurfaces in Indonesian river
Remnants of the long lost 'Golden Island' - where tales describe man-eating snakes, fire-breathing volcanoes, and Hindi-speaking parrots - may have been found in the Musi River near Palembang , Indonesia. And of course there is gold,…