The baroque delights of Antwerp
Historic Antwerp is opening its gilded stucco doors to lovers of Europe’s most decadent style
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Top of the pots: the smashing rise of ceramics
Record auction prices, pottery classes bursting at the seams, Instagram superstars and innovative young artists … what’s behind the boom in all things clay?
Pensioner stunned as old vase kept in a shoebox fetches £381,000
Unnamed UK buyer pays record sum for Hans Coper piece – bought for £250 in the 1970s – suggesting a boom in ceramics market
Diamonds sculpture: De Beers Lotus unfurls to reveal a perfect bloom
Soothing lotus transports the wearer to their own personal moment of contemplation, drawing on rough and polished diamonds in a harmonious arrangement. The tranquility of a pond draped with lily pads is conjured with a unique arrangement of rough and polished diamonds. Lotus by De Beers High Jewellery Collection draws on this extraordinary lifecycle and … Read more
German artist Hito Steyerl tops contemporary art power list
Film-maker and writer is first female artist named by ArtReview Power 100 as most influential person
All fired up: Tate Modern to play host to a working ceramics factory
Visitors can volunteer in factory, featuring eight tonnes of clay, a 30-metre production line and more than 2,000 fired objects