Dynamic Ceramics

A rust-splashed black-glazed ovoid bottle-vase, Song Dynasty (960–1279)

With changing tastes, growing interest from China’s middle class and ancient objects emerging from the ground, there are some new opportunities in the hugely diverse realm of Chinese earthenware.

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Graphic Design: A Dual Retrospective of Seymour Chwast and Paula Scher

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has given graphic designers Seymour Chwast and Paula Scher a dual retrospective — and let them create the installation themselves. Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) Bold orange, gray, black and white arrows and a shiny text bubble—the type that might appear over a cartoon character’s head—reading “Double Portrait” are arranged…

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American Minimalism: The Drawings and Sculptures of Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin, blue trees in wind, 1957

The Morgan Library’s current showing of Dan Flavin brings another aspect of the artist’s practice out of the shadows. This articles orginally appeared in the April issue of Art & Antiques Magazine as “Light Years, but Mostly Beyond”. Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) Depending on whom you ask, there are two well-known Dan Flavins—one is…

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