Ceramics Now Magazine May 2026 is out now

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We are delighted to announce the release of Ceramics Now Magazine Issue 19 (May 2026), featuring the work of Daniela Bergschneider on the cover. Combining porcelain and hand-dyed textiles, Bergschneider’s works suggest living structures in which hard and soft materials evoke bones, skin, breath, and tactile sensation. This issue brings together essays, interviews, and reviews that reflect on ritual, material memory, cultural inheritance, and the act of making. Preview the issue.

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📙 In this issue, Monica Monaia writes on Andile Dyalvane’s iNgqweji, considering how clay becomes a site of spiritual and cultural connection. In The Narrative Lies in the Material, Marthe Yung Mee Hansen speaks with Norwegian artist Nina Malterud about process, pedagogy, and the enduring language of clay. Heidi McKenzie reflects on Linda Rotua Sormin’s Uncertain Ground at the Gardiner Museum, while Beth Williamson examines Julia Phillips’ exhibition Inside, Before They Speak at the Barbican. Heather Jo Davis contributes an essay centered on identity and the philosophical dimensions of making.

This issue presents featured artists Daniela Bergschneider, Christine Coste, Jin Hee Kwon, and Sarah Gross.

The exhibitions section highlights Magdalena Suarez Frimkess at David Zwirner, Los Angeles; Sharif Bey at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York; Arina Antonova at Galerie Dix9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Paris; Camila Capra at Abra Espacio, San José; Lotte Westphael at Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris; Chenlu Hou and Chiara No at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield; and Forms From The Subsoil at Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile.

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