Isabella Smith is a freelance writer and former senior editor of Apollo.
John Guy, curator of an exhibition of early Buddhist art at the Met, tells Apollo how the new religion transformed art in India
The advent of new technology transformed the photographer’s work in the 1930s – but it couldn’t last
Brian Clarke hopes his favourite medium has a bright future, but that’s no thanks to museums or the Church of England
The Japanese ceramicist infused his approach to pottery with British traditions from his travels in the 1920s, before bringing this new style back to his native country
The meticulous attention to Chinese decorative arts is as great a draw as the court intrigue in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’
The ceramic artist, who has died at the age of 82, took a playful and provocative approach to pottery
A century after the founding of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, the ‘father of British studio pottery’ remains an influential, if contested, figure
The West’s borrowings from Japanese modernism are well known – but an exhibition in Helsinki shows that the traffic moved both ways
‘Truly grotesque’ it may be, but the export bar placed on this characterful Victorian ceramic reflects its importance as a work of art
American art ceramics haven’t received as much attention as they deserve, but a major gift to the Met is changing this
