Betty Woodman has two shows running in New York concurently. The first is at her gallery, Max Protetch Gallery, until May 27th, called “Betty Woodman: New Works.” According to text on the Protetch site: “BettyWoodman is recognised internationally as one of the world’s premier living ceramicists. She has pushed the traditional limits of the vessel and continues to challenge them through her unique combination of hand-built and wheel-thrown forms, painting, and installation. Since she began developing these hybrid works in the late 1970s, they have been exhibited in museum exhibitions around the world, including the Aspen Museum (1984), Denver Art Museum (1988), Wadsworth Atheneum (1992), the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris (1993 and 1994), the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1996), and at the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal (1997).”

The second is a retrospective of her work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art titled “The Art of Betty Woodman” which runs until July 30. Announcing the exhibition was a full-page article in the Sunday, April 23rd edition of the New York Times in the Arts section. (You can still access the article on the Times website for free for a while before it goes into a pay to read mode.) The article touches on many ideas of interest like whether we’re discussing ceramics or sculpture, although the Times doesn’t touch on them too deeply. The exhibit also has a catalog.