Making It Modern: European Ceramics from the Martin Eidelberg Collection

At The Met in New York, “Making It Modern: European Ceramics from the Martin Eidelberg Collection” traces how ceramic artists and designers responded to modern life across Europe, from studio experimentation to industrial production. Drawn from collector Martin Eidelberg’s holdings, the selection treats clay as a serious modern medium, not a minor decorative art. In an NYC museum context that often privileges painting and sculpture, the show argues—quietly but clearly—that form, glaze, and utility carried modernist ideas into everyday space.