How the art world finally started taking ceramics seriously
Colin Gleadell, The Telegraph
November 2022
The humble pot is now an object of desire – and commercial galleries have played
a vital role in bringing about this transition.
Reviews of a new exhibition on London’s Southbank, Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, have focussed on how use of the medium has shifted from functional pots and plates into the realm of fine art. But the show, at the Hayward Gallery, also underlines the crucial role commercial galleries (i.e. the art market) have played in realising this transition. […]