In his latest show at Gagosian, Theaster Gates celebrated David Drake, an enslaved South Carolina ceramicist who influenced the Chicago artist, partly known for his work in the medium. And the New Art Dealers Alliance organized NADA Ceramics, at Tribeca venue the Locker Room (March 6–8), where the more than 40 exhibitors included artists, galleries, and studios.
In California, meanwhile, at least three galleries at the latest edition of the Frieze fair showed ceramics. New York’s Olney Gleason sold clay sculptures by Bosco Sodi for prices in the range of $72,000; Jeffrey Deitch (New York and LA) devoted a solo booth to works by California-born Sharif Farrag priced between $14,000 and $35,000; and David Kordansky (New York and LA) showed Doyle Lane’s glazed pots. Kordansky followed that up with a show devoted to Elizabeth Murray paintings and Betty Woodman earthenware; prices for the latter ranged as high as $190,000.
