Ceramics
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill uncovered in Victoria and Albert Museum exposé
Strawberry Hill, the summer villa built by Horace Walpole in the 18th century, has given hundreds of objects belonging to the first English art historian to the Victoria and Albert Museum while it undergoes renovation. Celia White casts her eye over a few of the precious pieces.
Burghley House investigations reveal how first European porcelain was English
Revelatory new research by British Museum experts on a pair of ancient china vases produced for the Duke of Buckingham suggests the earliest European porcelain pottery could have been made in Vauxhall.
Edmund de Waal creates inspiring ceramic show for Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
Edmund de Waal, the ceramicist who has "reshaped our sense of the history of modern ceramics and the possibilities of the form", according to critics, takes his new Water-Shed show to Leamington Spa next month.
Six-strong shortlist for Leicester City Gallery's Attenborough Prize
One of six artists will take the contemporary crown in the Midlands when Leicester City Gallery announces the winner of the annual £2,000 Attenborough Prize today (November 12 2009).
First Art and Craft Market at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland
Craft makers in the North-East are uniting for the first Art and Craft Market at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
Winners scoop £40,000 in cash at Ceramics Biennial Awards
The winners of the inaugural British Ceramics Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the Potteries Museum during the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke on Trent.
The Culture24 guide to the British Ceramics Biennial 2009
Mark Sheerin chooses some must see exhibitions at the British Ceramics Biennial 2009, which is currently happening in venues across Stoke-on-Trent.
Artists respond to national ceramics collection at Brecknock Museum and Gallery
An exhibition at Brecknock Museum and Gallery in Brecon explores different ways of responding to the fine ceramics collection of Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museums Wales.
Deviant craft curiosities laugh in the face of functionality at Hove Museum
Mark Sheerin finds teapots on 15 legs and playgrounds for grapes among Deviants, a perverse Craft Council exhibition uniting a squad of artists to amuse and startle at Hove Museum and Art Gallery.
Fiona MacDonald brings magic of Morphology to Maddox Arts
Mushrooms, blood cells, flowers and a shower puff are the weapons of choice for Fiona MacDonald in her Morphology exhibition at Maddox Arts in London.
Shark teeth and Victorian parlour make Chichester District Museum a hidden surprise
Culture24 stumbles upon secrets of Roman and Victorian England during a trip to Chichester District Museum.
Peter Randall-Page rocks at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
From limestone to glacial boulders, Peter Randall-Page appears to breathe life into his raw materials. Mark Sheerin checks out his monumental new show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Grayson Perry's bleak and brilliant Unpopular Culture heads to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
People's potter Grayson Perry speaks to Culture24 about the North-South divide, old British documentaries and his imaginary past as his Unpopular Culture show heads for Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Naval passages inspire as Landfall visits the Museum of London Docklands
Landfall uses the image of the Atlantic Ocean as the transporter of dreams and people as the joint inspiration for the contributing artists.
Dead owls and still water with Roni Horn at Tate Modern
Minimalist sculptor and photographer Roni Horn takes over Level 4 at the Tate Modern later this month, featuring snapshots and scenery from her beloved Iceland.
