The three-day conference addresses how artworks in the ‘expanded field of clay’ can be made accessible to current and future audiences.

These works may be ephemeral, site-specific, participatory, or live, thereby posing significant challenges for museums.

It takes place in the context of important recent work on collecting performance, installation and live art (Tate, 2018-22; Hölling, Feldman & Magnin, 2023-4), and on the politics and practices of museum collecting (Jones, 2021; Krmpotich & Stevenson, 2024) and therefore supports interdisciplinary dialogue extending beyond clay practice.

Conference keynotes include Florence Peake (artist) and Louisa Buck (art critic and author); Alun Graves (Senior Curator, Ceramics and Glass 1900–now, V&A) and Keith Harrison (artist); Daniel F. Herrmann (Ardelan Curator of Modern and Contemporary Projects, National Gallery) and Deborah Smith (curator consultant); Phoebe Cummings (artist); Emily Stone (specialist in public programming) and Alexandra Hodby (Head of Programmes, Yorkshire Sculpture Park); Hanna B. Hölling (Research Professor, Bern Academy of the Arts)and Pip Laurenson (Professor of Conservation, UCL); Clare Twomey (artist) and Martina Margetts (writer and curator).

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