Exhibition this fall to feature avant-garde clay sculptures by nearly 40 under-recognized Japanese women artists

This fall Phoenix Art Museum will present Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan, organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection.

The exhibition is a chance for viewers to discover the technical achievements and creativity of leading women ceramicists from post-war Japan, highlighting their discovery of new possibilities for clay and its potential as a medium, the museum notes.

It will be on view from Wednesday, Sept. 24 through August 2026.

“This exhibition highlights an incredible selection of innovative artists who have expanded the creative boundaries of ceramics as a medium,” Jeremy Mikolajczak, the Museum’s Sybil Har

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