“Doyle Lane: Master of Clay” Now on View at The Huntington
Discover the first major museum retrospective devoted to the influential Los Angeles ceramic artist.
More than 100 works and archival documents trace Doyle Lane’s evolution from functional pottery to monumental murals that transformed ceramics into abstract, light-filled constructions.
Featuring intimate vessels, iconic “weed pots,” “clay paintings,” jewelry, beads, and large-scale architectural commissions, “Doyle Lane: Master of Clay” offers the most expansive presentation of Lane’s practice to date. The exhibition situates him within midcentury California modernism and the Southern California studio ceramics movement while examining the barriers he faced as a Black artist.
On view through March 1, 2027, at The Huntington.
Explore the exhibition and plan your visit at huntington.org.
Left: Doyle Lane, orange, black, and red butterfly clay painting, ca. 1970. Glazed ceramic mounted on board, 12 x 12 in. Photo by Jeff McLane. Gift of Cynthia Jackson. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Right: Doyle Lane, multicolored pyramid relief, ca. 1965–70. Glazed ceramic on wood, 16 × 18 × 3 1/2 in. Photo by Jeff McLane. Collection of Juan Salazar and Luis Corona. © Estate of Doyle Lane.
