Susan Weber is the director and founder of the Bard Graduate Center.

Features
Game pie dish (shape no. 1990) made in 1876.

The goofy and garish Victorian pottery that was a very serious business

Mass-produced majolica has often been sneered at – but its exuberance is what makes it so appealing

28 Aug 2021

Current Issue

The goofy and garish Victorian pottery that was a very serious business

View this issue

Most popular

  • Recent

Podcast

Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

Art news daily

Glenn Lowry to step down as MoMA director after 30 years

Sotheby’s earnings plummet by 88 per cent in first half of year

Creative Scotland closes its key fund for artists amid government budget freeze

Latest Comment

The many faces of Mary Magdalene

Is investing in the past the way of the future?

In praise of the cat ladies of contemporary art