Press releases
September 2024. Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is pleased to present the Spanish ceramic artist Ícaro Maiterena’s first solo show in France. Born in Madrid in 1978, he has become increasingly recognized throughout Europe with his fascinating works that owe as much to geology as biology. Press release
May 2024 .Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is pleased to announce its first collaboration with famous Danish ceramic artist Turi Heisselberg Pedersen. Press release
March 2024 .For her fifth solo show at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Franco-British ceramic artist Ursula Morley-Price shows once again the power of her practice… Press release.
November 2023 A great figure of contemporary ceramics, British artist Matthew Chambers (b.1975) continues exploring rhythm and harmony using the circle as a guide. Press release
September 2023 .Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of the famous Irish artist Sara Flynn, whose every London exhibition is quite an event. The artist now represented in France by Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste offers a new corpus of thirty works specially created for the exhibition…. Press release
July 2023 . Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste presents British artist Steven Edwards’ first French solo show. Through twenty pieces specially created for the exhibition and emblematic of the series entitled “Fold”… press-release
May 2023 . World-renowned Finnish ceramic artist Erna Aaltonen (born 1951) presents a set of fourteen unreleased Spheres specially created for this third solo show at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste… Press Release
July 2022 … The recipient of numerous international awards already, Ahryun Lee will present some twenty unreleased works at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste for her first French solo show. Press Release
May 2022 … La Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is pleased to present the first French solo show to feature Hungarian ceramic artist Pálma Babos, the recipient of several international prizes in ceramics and industrial design for her white porcelain skyscraper sculptures that symbolize a self-destructive world….Press Release
September 2021 … For this second solo show at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, the Belgian artist Ann Van Hoey continues on her quest for a resolutely pared-down style that brings her closer to design. She is however moving on from the lacquered finishes for which she is famous, choosing instead to use matt engobes she discovered while in Taiwan… Press Release
May 2021 … Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is pleased to welcome Irish artist Sara Flynn’s first solo show in France. Known for her sculptural forms whose elegance and mastery earned her international acclaim, the 2017 finalist of the prestigious Loewe Craft Prize will present twenty-eight works, some of which completely new and unreleased, especially created for her French show. Press Release
March 2021 … Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste presents ceramic artist Camille Virot’s third solo show, which will unveil some forty unreleased works. In this new phase of his creative journey, the bowl form comes back into focus, including the famous “Genesis bowl”, revisited time and again . Press Release
September 2020 … Coinciding with the display of his works at La Piscine Museum, Laurent Petit’s second solo show at the gallery reveals some twenty recent sculptures. The ceramic artist reconnects to a somewhat narrative mode through a reappropriation of myths and battles specific to Mediterranean culture. Press Release
November 2019 …La Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is closing its 2019 programme with the presentation of decorated porcelain works by ceramic artist Yuk Kan Yeung (born 1959 in Hong Kong)…Press release
September 2019 …For her new exhibition at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, famous French ceramic artist Nadia Pasquer re-examines celestial bodies and constellations, a theme close to her heart. The chosen volumes and their variations are combined here into duos or trios. Press Release
June 2019 …Considered one of the most experienced Swedish ceramic artists, Jussi Ojala (born 1956) became well known in Europe thanks to his “Stump” sculptures and their sumptuous foaming glazes always connected to nature and matter. Press release
May 2019 …More recently, Mette Maya Gregersen was inspired by the mineral forms of geodes that are displayed for the first time as part of this solo show at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste.Press release
November 2018. Some twenty recent works displayed at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste show creativity and a mastery that make Thomas Bohle a major player in contemporary ceramic art. Press Release Thomas Bohle
September 2018. Finnish ceramist Erna Aaltonen is coming back to the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste with a new set of works combining her famous Spheres with Monoliths, sculptural forms… Press release
June 2018. For its very first Karin Bablok show, the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste focuses on tall, narrow forms and wide cylinders made of white porcelain, on which Karin Bablok designs a black glaze decoration spontaneously applied with a brush… Press release
May 2018. Borrowed from a surrealist poem by Jean Arp, the title of this exhibition reflects the new sources of inspiration encountered by ceramic artist Claire Lindner for her second solo show at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste. Press Release Claire Lindner
March 2018. Recognized as the ultimate reference in European “Naked Raku”, ceramic artist David Roberts has had few exhibitions in France in spite of being internationally renowned for his large-sized bulbous forms, a purely western interpretation of the original Japanese tradition…Press release David Roberts
November 2018. As a closing event of this year’s programme that marked the 20th anniversary of its creation, the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, dedicated to contemporary ceramics, is hosting for the first time Belgian ceramic artist Ann Van Hoey, whose world-renowned work has earned her multiple international awards. Press release
September 2017. The Elena Gileva‘s exhibition at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is the first display of her work in France. It will gather about twenty pieces crafted between 2015 and 2017 and presented in the catalogue published for the occasion. Press Release
July 2017. Ceramic artist and sculptor Michael Flynn is the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste’s 2017 summer guest. For this exhibition, the Galeery has gathered an array of sculptures that is very representative of the themes tackled by the artist in the course of the 2000s. Press Release
May 2017. French ceramic artist Gisèle Buthod-Garçon is back at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste with an exhibition that highlights her new series of sculptures in the spirit of the territories she has been exploring for several years, where sensitivity and memory overlap. Press release Gisèle Buthod-Garçon
April 2017. Bente Hansen. Lessons in geometry. On the occaion of his twentieth anniversary, the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste wishes to present some major figures in European ceramic arts. Danish ceramic artist Bente Hansen opens up the season by presenting about thirty new pieces…Press release Bente Hansen
November 2016. Ursula Morley-Price Turning 80. For the third time at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, the artist franco british Ursula Morley-Price is showing her most recent sculptures eighteen in all, which clearly shows at her age she is the master of her Art…. Press release Ursula Morley-Price
The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste dedicates its summer exhibition, 2016 to the visual ceramic artist Anne Verdier, presented for the first time in the space of the gallery specialized in the contemporary artistic ceramic. Press Release
The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is particularly happy to pay homage to the British ceramicist David Miller… Press release Homage to David Miller
March 19th 2016. The exhibition of Camille Virot presents twenty or so new pieces, the majority of which were made last year. Camille Virot – Press release 2016
November 6th 2015. Fifteen new pieces to discover, in which Alistair Danhieux artist has, for the first time, experimented with enamel whose light reveals the delicateness of the sculpted volumes.Press release
September 5th 2015. The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste especially dedicated to contemporary ceramics is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of the sculptor ceramist Laurent Petit. A selection of 15 or so pieces, some unprecedented and created especially for the exhibition, illustrates the development of the artist over the last few years …Laurent Petit – Press release
4 July 2015. Erna Aaltonen‘s exhibition. The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste is delighted to announce for the summer of 2015, an exceptional exhibition in France, that of the Finnish ceramist, Erna Aaltonen famous throughout the world for her hand- built spherical sculptures…Erna Aaltonen – Press release
For her second solo exhibition at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Karine Benvenuti has decided to show a selection of ceramic sculptures… Press Release
Matthew Blakely‘s work was awarded the prestigious “Art Council England” Prize. The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste devotes a personal exhibition to him. The first in France. Press Release
November 8th 2014. This second solo exhibition of Ursula Morley-Price at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste unveils a dozen new sculptures wherein the artist develops her formal expression inspired particularly by the Large Twist Form. Rress release
September 6th 2014. With Jean-Marie Foubert the simplicity displayed in the volume reflects the shape more than the material. His savoir-faire allows him to go beyond material issues. … To read the press-release
May 24th 2014. Flavie Van Der Stigghel showed an early talent for drawing, but since 2005, she has chosen to express herself through ceramic sculpture. Today, the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste presents her first solo exhibition ”Takeoff”… To read the press release
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April 12th 2014. Drawing on the theme of the cloud, Claire Lindner explores the strange state of the « in between »: a form on the edge of recognizable and indefinable… To read the press release
November 9th 2013. The Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste at Toucy ends its programme for the year 2013 by dedicating the space to the work of the French-British ceramist, Alistair Danhieux. On this occasion,Alistair Danhieux has invited the young ceramist Océane Madelaine. To read the press release
