By Louise Irvine Cinderella’s Arrival is one of several spectacular Lladro High Porcelain pieces featured at WMODA and two Great Dragons guard our enchanted world of ceramic art. They were both modeled by Francisco Polope, one of the most brilliant master sculptors at the Lladró City of Porcelain in Valencia, Spain. Polope began

Chihuly describes his Persians as poetic experimental glass forms – an exploration of form, shape and color with asymmetrical swirling patterns. He used his translucent Persian floriforms to great effect for large scale wall installations like the one at WMODA, which was formerly at the Postrio restaurant in San Francisco

This Doulton clock, teeming with mice enjoying a Menagerie show, is the latest addition to our Carnival & Cabaret exhibit, courtesy of collector Don Kendall. Coincidentally, the last living link to the tradition of traveling menagerie shows died last month in Paris. Rosa Bouglione, the doyenne of the European circus,

Wedgwood blue and white Jasper ware is the most iconic style of British ceramic art at WMODA. Jasper was the result of years of experimentation by Josiah Wedgwood in the early 1770s. His goal was to find a ceramic body for decorating the fashionable neo-classical interiors of the period. The

Fantastique Grand Opening Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. 481 South Federal Highway Dania Beach, FL 33004 Save the date for the first Saturday opening of the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts on October 27 when we will be opening our new Fantastique exhibition and enjoying Halloween

By Louise Irvine Clarice Cliff was the diva of British Art Deco ceramics and a pioneering woman in the Staffordshire Pottery industry. She was the first woman to be appointed Art Director of a major company and she designed both the shapes and the patterns for commercial tableware, traditionally a

As we prepare for our Fantastique exhibition at WMODA, we are discovering how mask-wearing has retained its appeal from ancient Greek theater via the Venetian Carnival and decadent cabarets of Europe to the Halloween parties of today. The word mask descends from the old French masque, meaning a face covering.