CERAMIC ART FAIR
The concept
Ceramic Art Fair’s ambition is to promote the art of ceramics and glass, by providing a forum for international artists and galleries to meet and exchange ideas. The committee, comprising curators, gallerists, journalists and architects, are brought together by their shared passion for ceramics, will ensure a selection of exceptional quality.
Ceramic Art Fair is an annual event for art lovers, collectors and enthusiasts. Participating in the Ceramic Art Fair entails taking part in Paris’ contemporary art week. Opening its doors from October 21 to 25, 2025, the fair is part of a strategic calendar, coinciding with other major contemporary art events in Paris (Design Miami, Thema, Art Basel, Moderne Art Fair and more). This synergy guarantees Ceramic Art Fair an international audience, involving private and institutional collectors, museum curators, art dealers and art lovers from all over the world.
The choice of venue, the Maison de l’Amérique latine, perfectly illustrates the meaning the Ceramic Art Fair wishes to convey for the notion of “modern art”. It’s not simply a question of choosing recent creations, but of finding modernity through the ages. The sole criterion, transgressing styles and eras, is the expression of creative genius translated into the vibrant work of the material.
CERAMIC ART FAIR
Program
21
OCTOBER
- 3pm-6 p.m: press & professionals by invitation
- 3pm-6pm: Enameling demonstration -Emaux de Longwy 1798
A craftswoman from the Manufacture des Emaux de Longwy 1798 will be on hand to demonstrate the application of enamel to biscuit-fired piece. A rare opportunity to observe this traditional skill, where precision and delicacy reveal all the richness of hand-decorated art.
6pm-10 pm: Vernissage by invitation
22
OCTOBER
- 11 am-7 pm: open to the public
- 2 pm-3 pm: Enameling demonstration -Emaux de Longwy 1798
- 3:30 – 4:30 pm: Conference in English
” Breaking Boundaries: Italian Ceramics and the Postwar Avant-Garde “
Dr. Lisa Hockemeyer
Design & Art Historian BA, MA (RCA) PhD
20th Century Fine- and Decorative Arts and Design
Consultancy & Curatorship
- 5 pm-6 pm: Conference
“The evolution of artist ceramics in France since 1925: between technical progress, social taste and personal genius, an original story”.
Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé
Honorary General Curator of Heritage.
Former Director of the Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres.
23
OCTOBER
- 11am-9pm: open to the public
- 3 pm-4 pm: Enameling demonstration -Emaux de Longwy 1798
- 5 pm-6 pm: Enameling demonstration -Emaux de Longwy 1798
- 6 pm-7 pm: Conference
“Collecting Sèvres, the contemporary biscuit-fired
Cédric Petitnicolas
Head of Sales, Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
- Thursday evenings until 9 pm.
24
OCTOBER
- 11 am-7 pm: open to the public
- 6 pm-7 pm: Conference
“Porcelain in East Asia
Mael Bellec
Chief curator in charge of the Chinese and Korean collections at the Musée Cernuschi
25
OCTOBER
- 11am-5pm: open to the public
- 3pm-4pm: Conference
“The Manufacture of Sèvres. 1966-2023: from tradition to innovation”.
Catherine Trouvet
Doctorate in art history.
Member of the Ceramic Art Fair committee. Vice-president of the Société Française d’Etude de la Céramique Orientale and board member of the Friends of the Musée National de Céramique and Céramophiles.
PRICE
FROM
JURY
- “Object of Desire” award (October 21)
Each jury member will select one exhibited work. The “Object of Desire” prize reflects the diversity of perspectives on the creations presented at the fair.
As part of the exhibition, jury members will be asked to pay particular attention to the sculptures on display.
The aim will be to identify a work according to precise criteria: creativity, technical mastery, aesthetics and coherence of the work around the exhibition theme of “Modernity through the ages”.
“Object of desire” jury
– Cristina Cordula
Stylist, entrepreneur
– Vincent Darré
Interior designer
– Béatrice de Rochebouët
Le Figaro culture reporter
– Mathilde Favier
Director of Public Relations, Dior couture
– Pascal Marziano
Collector
– Stéphanie Primet
General Manager, Maison Lachaume
– Arabelle Reille-Mahdavi
Art advisor
– Ara Starck
Artist
