Jeff Koons discusses his show at New York’s Gagosian and how history, tchotchkes, and more and factor into his new porcelain ...

The man most often credited as the original creator of European porcelain was a German by the name of Johann Friedrich Böttger. He was an alchemist—he said that he knew how to turn lead into gold.

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Vladimir Kanevsky set out to be a sculptor, but a job listing completely changed his practice—and his life. A detail of Vladimir Kanevsky's Lemon Tree (2024–25) at the Frick Collection in New York.

Dollmaker explains why the recent porcelain doll mystery spooked the world. — -- Porcelain dolls are deemed creepy by many, evident by the world’s recent reaction to a batch of them being ...

We’ve been sitting on the same kind of crapper for centuries. Sure, the plumbing has gotten more tucked away and seats are now fashioned out of all sorts of materials and styles (including plush vinyl ...

Fine, crisp and translucent. Many years ago, a dance between clay and fire gave rise to a tangible piece of art: porcelain. Flames in kilns around China have been burning since the Xia and Shang ...

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