Docent Talks: Water and Fire

Enliven your visit with an in-depth look at a key artwork from the collection. Each twenty-minute talk highlights a single artwork.

Discover how contemporary Japanese ceramic artists embrace earth, fire, and elemental forces to create striking sculptural forms.

Meet in gallery 29, Japanese Modern and Contemporary Ceramics (2nd floor). 

This event is included with General Admission. 

Image: A Fragment of the Moon (Tsuki no kakera), 2013. By Ogawa Machiko (Japanese, b. 1946). Japan. Heisei period (1989–2019). Porcelain with glass. Asian Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner and Dr. David D. Stein, 2018.71.