Plastic has become an ever-present part of daily life. From takeout containers and grocery bags to soda bottles, it is now the default material through which we consume. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, humans produce more than 400
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Building a Palacio with Santiago Insignares Martínez
Santiago Insignares Martínez, from Colombia and currently based in Berlin, Germany, uses playfulness and what he identifies as "the toy" to point to some of the heavier, contradictory corners …
Worlds Within: Toshiko Takaezu
Toshiko Takaezu with works later combined in the Star Series (c. 1994–2001), including (from left to right) Sahu, Nommo, Emme Ya, Unas, and Po Tolo (Dark Companion), 1998 | Photo: Tom Grotta | Courtesy of
For over three decades, artists used factory pipe as a sort of three-dimensional blank canvas, mainly for carving and decorating with ceramic underglaze colors. Today, artists such as …
Monika Gass talks to Ebony Russell
MoCA/NY has partnered with New Ceramics, a European ceramics magazine, to bring readers one article from their print edition twice a year. The goal is to bridge and strengthen the global clay community by sharing knowledge, celebrating remarkable work
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Ceramic Highlights: Independent Art Fair 2026
Pier 36 299 South Street New York, 10002
This year's Independent doubled in size, relocating from Tribeca's Spring Studios to the expansive Pier 36 on the Lower East Side. The neighborhood, home to a grittier and more experimental art scene,
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Standout Galleries at Ceramic Brussels 2026
Tour & Taxis 3 Picard Street 1000 Brussels
70 exhibitors from thirty countries, nearly 200 artists, and more than 19,000 visitors: all for clay, all in Belgium, for Ceramic Brussels 2026. This year, MoCA/NY’s team traveled to experience the fair’s
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Ceramic Highlights: Untitled Art 2025
Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Miami Beach, US
From December 3–7, 2025, the fourteenth edition of Untitled Art Fair welcomed visitors to its custom-built tent on the glorious sunlit sands of Miami Beach. 160 galleries from twenty-nine countries participated, each
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Ceramic Highlights: Salon Art + Design 2025
Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Ave New York, NY 10065
From November 6 to 10, Salon Art & Design returns to the Park Avenue Armory—now in its fourteenth year—with a luminous showing of more than fifty galleries, where design meets