Ceramics Now Magazine April 2026 is out now!

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We are delighted to announce the release of Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 18 (April 2026), featuring the work of Gaku Nakane on the cover, recipient of the Grand Prize at the Kikuchi Biennale XI: The Present of Ceramics, held at the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum in Tokyo. This issue brings together essays that explore ceramics through memory, ornament, ecology, and material history. Preview the issue.

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📙 In this issue, Chenoa Baker reflects on Syd Carpenter’s practice in a review spanning three exhibitions in Philadelphia that position her work within a broader conversation on land, memory, and collective care. Unu Sohn and Katherina Perlongo report from Ceramic Brussels 2026, offering perspectives on the fair’s third edition and its focus on Spain. Sarah Rothwell examines the language of ornament in Frances Priest’s exhibition at Blackwell, while Tana West considers ecological narratives and alternative futures in a review of Undergrowth at County Hall Pottery. Finally, Kelly Parks reflects on early clay structures built by bees in The First Ceramicists, proposing a broader understanding of ceramic practice.

This issue also presents featured artists Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng, Jeanne Rimbert, and Faye Papargyropoulou.

Featured exhibitions include Kikuchi Biennale XI: The Present of Ceramics at the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum, Tokyo; Eugene Ofori Agyei at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York; YehRim Lee and Chase Travaille at LaiSun Keane, Boston; Janet Abrams at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe; Toshiaki Noda at Alison Bradley Projects, New York; Heidi Bjørgan and Kari Dyrdal at Taste Contemporary, Geneva; Janny Baek at Joy Machine, Chicago; and Marie Ducaté at Musée Ariana, Geneva.

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