•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Srishti Ojha Jan 20, 2026
The artist’s solo exhibition at Jhaveri Contemporary contends with the split nature of marginalised identity through ceramics that fuse Western modernism and Eastern philosophy.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 07, 2025
London-based initiative County Hall Pottery unveils a group show with eight ceramic artists recasting wood-fired ceramics as innovative and experimental entities.
by Zohra Khan Jun 13, 2025
A travelling retrospective of the celebrated Japanese artist’s work comes to London, spanning four decades of practice.
by Rémy Jarry Jan 22, 2025
The 11th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial stands out for its distinctive approach, which challenges conventional methods of exhibiting contemporary art in Asia and Oceania.
by STIRworld Dec 08, 2024
Asia Now 2024, featuring guest curators Radicants, brought an intergenerational cohort of Asian artists grappling with community, tradition, ritual and modernity to Paris.
by Simran Gandhi Nov 27, 2024
The museum design by Kengo Kuma & Associates in Yixing, China, is framed by an inverted ceramic shell structure accommodating expansive exhibition spaces, ateliers and a café.
by Aarthi Mohan Oct 09, 2024
The exhibition at the Museum of African Diaspora reclaims the narrative of home as a site of resilience, creativity and community within Black domestic life.
by Daria Kravchuk May 01, 2024
An artist, a fisherman and a farmer, Kazunori Hamana draws upon the Japanese art of making tsubo, functional clay jars.
by Ranjana Dave Mar 22, 2024
The British artist speaks to STIR about his works at the Messums West Ceramic Season and his interdisciplinary negotiations with time, material and the environment.
by Daria Kravchuk Jan 23, 2024
Japanese ceramicist Takuro Kuwata reinterprets traditional pottery through new processes and pays homage to Gifu prefecture's ceramic heritage.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 14, 2023
Hanif Kara, Pooja Agrawal, POoR Collective, and Magdalene Odundo have been announced as the winners of the 2023 London Design Medals, hosted by the London Design Festival.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Sep 11, 2023
Ukraine-based MAKHNO Studio designs a serene sanctuary where stories of tea, ceramic art, and life converge.
by Sukanya Deb May 06, 2023
If It Holds It Grows at Hostler Burrows, brings together Zimra Beiner's practice in conversation with the Los Angeles landscape through colour, artifice, and human intervention.
by Sasha Altaf May 05, 2023
With his solo show The Untold Resides Somewhere: Assembling Fragments, ceramic artist Rahul Kumar pushes the boundaries of using the medium of clay to express abstract ideas.
by Sunena V Maju Feb 21, 2023
The handmade ceramic decanter for Eight Reserve by 818 Tequila, produced by local artisans in Pachuca, Mexico, aims to symbolise Kendall Jenner's brand’s identity through bottle design.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 02, 2023
Shōji Hamada: A Japanese Potter in Ditchling, at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, Japan, explores how a young potter’s visit to the village influenced his lifelong vocation with clay.
by STIRworld Oct 29, 2022
Highlighting the artisanal and tactile experience of creation, the eighth edition of Asia NOW welcomed over 75 galleries from 63 countries and over 250 artists at the Monnaie de Paris.
by Zohra Khan Oct 05, 2022
STIR speaks with Japanese lighting designer, ceramicist and installation artist, Yuko Nishikawa, about her hands-on practice that considers objects as living beings.
by Urvi Kothari Oct 05, 2022
A leading South Asian diasporic artist, Lubna Chowdhary defies categorisation as she defines common notions of identity and belonging within the floors of MIMA.
by Urvi Kothari Sep 01, 2022
Rina Banerjee’s imaginative, complex and layered world comes to life at the Hunterdon Art Museum as she explores ideas of gender, identity, beauty, and human psyche.
by Shraddha Nair Apr 27, 2022
Berwick-based artist Patrick Hartley discusses his recently exhibited body of work titled Cost Of Life, which looks at the past several years of work including images and sculpture.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Apr 23, 2022
Artists participating in the exhibition Ceramics in the Expanded Field at MASS MoCA, USA, showcase their renewed interest in clay to reconfigure it in new ceramic works.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 07, 2022
Belgian ceramic artist and designer opens up his studio for a major retrospective exhibition that provides informative experience about porcelain as a material.
by Girinandini Singh Jan 30, 2022
STIR speaks with the Kenya-born ceramic artist about her creative practice, her memories as an art student at Cambridge, the materiality of clay, and her works on display at the museum.
by Rahul Kumar Jan 12, 2022
STIR speaks with some of the greatest icons of our times – Ray Meeker, an artist and educator, moved to Pondicherry from Los Angeles five decades back to co-found the Golden Bridge Pottery.
by Rahul Kumar Dec 20, 2021
Exploring two distinct artistic practices in textile and clay that create intricate works, evoking a sense of awe for flora and fauna of our planet.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 19, 2021
Looking at the recent event of destruction of the pumpkin sculpture of Yayoi Kusama in Japan, albeit layered with metaphors on the ideology of impermanence.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 15, 2021
Khageswar Rout’s Annex & Dissever Code present enlarged, yet intricate organic forms in terracotta that negotiate between reason and instinct at gallery Project 88 in Mumbai, India.
by Rahul Kumar Oct 12, 2020
Dipalee Daroz talks about explorations with her medium, clay, and a work that allowed her to better control the unpredictable aspects of it.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 13, 2020
STIR reminisces and celebrates the contributions of the trailblazer of Indian contemporary ceramics, Jyotsna Bhatt, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 80.
by Rahul Kumar Feb 03, 2020
STIRring conversations at SAF’19 (Part 4): Artists present contemporary designs using traditional media and techniques in an exhibition curated by Kristine Michael.
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