Ron Nagle
Books and Catalogues
2023
Elliott, Clare. Artists We’ve Known: Selected Works from the Walter Hopps and Caroline Huber Collection. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2023.
2020
Artifices Instables: Histoires de Céramiques. Monaco: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco; Milan: Mousse Publishing, 2020.DiQuinzio, Apsara, Ron Nagle, Jan Verwoert, and Dan Byers. Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2020.
Fox, Dan. Ron Nagle: Linolnshire Squire. London: Modern Art, 2020.
2019
Nagle, Ron, and Vincent Fecteau. Ron Nagle: Getting to No. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2019.Nagle, Ron, and Massimiliano Gioni. Ron Nagle: Sub Rosa. Vienna: Secession; Kassel: Fridericianum, 2019.
Petalas, Alexander V. Ron Nagle: Midnight Stroll. London: The Perimeter, 2019.
2017
Ron Nagle: Amended Testimony. London: Stuart Shave/Modern Art, 2017.2015
Kesteren, Annemartine van. Ron Nagle: Chewing Gum Monuments. Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans
van Beuningen, 2015.2014
Plotek, Ariel. Ron Nagle: Peripheral Cognition. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2014.2012
Mason, Brook S. Odd Ball. Brussels: Pierre Marie Giraud, 2012.2010
Sleep Study. Paris: Lefebvre & Fils; Brussels: Pierre Marie Giraud, 2010.Hickey, Dave, David Pagel, and Joel Selvin. Nagle, Ron. Arlington, TX: Silvergate, 2010.
2009
Electric Mud. Houston: Blaffner Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, 2009.Porter, Jenelle, and Ingrid Schaffer. Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay.Philadelphia: Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
Thomas, Elizabeth. Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2008
Vedrenne, Elisabeth. Ron Nagle. Brussels: Pierre Marie Giraud; Paris: Lefebvre & Fils, 2008.2007
Fenton, Steve, and Jo Lauria. Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2007.Martin, Andrew. The Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting. New York: Lark Books, 2007.
2006
A Ceramics Legacy: The Stephanie Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection. Tempe, AZ: Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State Art Museum, 2006.Clark, Garth, ed. Ceramic Millennium: Critical Writings on Ceramic History, Theory, and Art. Nova Scotia, Canada: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 2006.
Jay DeFeo: No End, Botanicals. Santa Fe, NM: Dwight Hackett Projects, 2006.
Natsoulas, John. 30 Ceramic Sculptors. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 2006.
2005
Bell, Robert. Transformations: The Language of Craft. Canberra, Australia: National Gallery of Australia, 2005.Cooper, Kim, and David Smay. Lost in the Grooves. London: Routledge, 2005.
2004
Anderson, Turner. Studio Practices, Techniques and Tips. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2004.Berkson, Bill. The Sweet Singer of Modernism and Other Art Writings 1985-2003. Jamestown, RI: Qua Books, 2004.
Clark, Garth. Shards. New York: Ceramic Arts Foundation, 2004.
2003
Bullis, Douglas. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publications, 2003.Mathieu, Paul. Sexpots: Eroticism in Ceramics. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 2003.
Peterson, Jon, and Susan Peterson. The Craft and Art of Clay. 4th ed. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2003.
2002
Aboud-Holzman, Leslie, and Mark Johnstone. Epicenter, San Francisco Bay Area Art Now. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002.Dietz, Ulysses Grant. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics, From Function to Fantasy. Madison, WI: Guild Publishing; Newark: The Newark Museum, 2002.
Ming, Bai. Oversea Contemporary Ceramic Art Classics. Nanchang, China: Huebi Fine Arts Publishing House, 2002.
Ramljak, Suzanne. Crafting a Legacy: Contemporary American Crafts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, 2002.
2001
Del Vecchio, Mark. The Artful Teapot. London: Thames and Hudson, 2001.Ron Nagle: Recent Work. New York: Garth Clark Gallery, 2001.
2000
Douglas, Mary F. Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte, NC: Mint Museum of Craft and Design, 2000.Expanded Visions: Ceramic Art in the 1970’s–1980’s from the Collection of Daniel Jacobs and Derek Mason. Charlottesville, VA: Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, 2000.
Ferrin, Leslie. Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object. Madison, WI: Guild Publishing; Cincinnati: North Light Books, 2000.
Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire – Defining Moment in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000. Los Angeles: Rizzoli International Publications, 2000.
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. Third edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
1999
Burgard, Timothy Anglin. The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1999.Clark, Garth, and Suzanne Foley. A Fire for Ceramics: Contemporary Art from the Daniel Jacobs and Derek Mason Collection. Richmond, VA: Hand Workshop Art Center, 1999.
Danto, Arthur and Janet Koplos. Choice from America: Modern American Ceramics. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999.
Di Rosa, Rene. Loyal Color: The Di Rosa Collection of Contemporary California Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
Kemp, Arnold J. Bay Area Now II. San Francisco: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1999.
Peterson, Susan. Working with Clay: An Introduction. Upper Saddle, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
Speight, Charlotte, and John Toki. Hands in Clay. Mountainview, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1999.
1998
Adlin, Jane. Contemporary Ceramic Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998.Gamblin, Noriko. The Visual Artist Awards. Pasadena, CA: Flintridge Foundation, 1998.
MATRIX – 1978–1988. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Museum, 1998.
SOFA – 1998 N.Y.C. New York: 7th Regiment Armory, 1998.
Toki, John. More Than Clay: The Toki Collection of Ceramics. Davis, CA: Pence Gallery; Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center, 1998.
Tsujimoto, Karen. Transformation: The Art of Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Art Museum, 1998.
Young, Richard. Patrick Siler: Around a Gas Station and Other Subjects. Boise, ID: Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, 1998.
Zhau, Guangzhen. American Ceramic Artists Today. Beijing: Peoples Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998.
1997
Berkson, Bill. Homage to George Herriman. San Francisco: Campbell-Theibaud Gallery, 1997.Bowker, R.R. Who’s Who in American Art, 1997–1998. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who’s Who, 1997.
Celebrating American Craft: American Craft 1975–1995. Copenhagen: The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, 1997.
Oldknow, Tina. Richard Marquis: Objects. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997.
Speight, Charlotte, and John Toki. Make It in Clay: A Beginner’s Guide to Ceramics. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1997.
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1995.1994
MacNaugton, Mary, Kay Koenger, and Martha Lynn. Revolution in Clay. Seattle: University of Washington Press; Claremont, CA: Ruth Chandler Williamson Scripps College, 1994.Piepenburg, Robert. The Spirit of Clay. Farmington Hills, MI: Pebble Press, 1994.
Speight, Charlotte, and John Toki. Hands in Clay: Introduction to Ceramics. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1994.
1993
Catalog from the Collection 1992. Shigaraki, Japan: Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, 1993.Chadwick, Dyana Curreri. Nine Decades: The Northern California Craft Movement, 1907 to the Present. Oakland, CA: California College of Arts and Crafts, 1993.
Mayfield, Signe. Incendiary Spirits. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1993.
McTwigan, Michael. Ron Nagle: A Survey Exhibition 1958-1993. Oakland, CA: Mills College Art Gallery, 1993.
Speight, Charlotte F. Artists of Mission Clay. Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center, 1993.
Tarogin, Cavira S. Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection. Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art, 1993.
1992
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992.1990
Clark, Garth, and Barbara Perry. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, NY: The Everson Museum of Art; New York: Rizolli, 1990.Clark, Garth, and Tony Cunha. Book of Cups. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990.
1989
Johnston, Phillip. Kansas City Collects Contemporary Ceramics. Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1989.McTwigon, Michael. Surface and Form. Baltimore: The National Museum of Ceramic Art, 1989.
Palmer, Nancy and Kevin Mulloney. American Clay Artists. Philadelphia: Port of History Museum, 1989.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics Now. Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1989.
Who’s Who in American Art, 1989–90. New York; London: R.R. Bowker, 1989.
1988
Clark, Garth. American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics, 1607 – Present. New York: Abrams, 1988.
Lunn, Margaret. Expression in Color: Ceramics. Summit, NJ: New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 1988.
1987
Halper, Vicki. Clay Revisions. Seattle: Seattle Museum of Art, 1987.Longhauser, Elsa. Bronze, Plaster and Polyester. Philadelphia: Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, 1987.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics Now. Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1987.
1986
Clark, Garth, and Tobi Smith. Pacific Connections. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1986.Clark, Garth, and Oliver Watson. American Potters Today. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986.
Dormer, Peter. New Ceramics, Trends, and Traditions. London: Thames and Hudson, 1986.
Lucie-Smith, Edward, and Paul J. Smith. Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical. New York: American Craft Museum, 1986.
1985
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.Ceramics: An American Survey. Barcelona: Museu de Cerámica, 1985.
Clay. Dayton, OH: The Dayton Art Institute, 1985.
Holland, Katherine, and Henry T. Hopkins. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Schmidt, James. Surface, Function, Shape, Selections from the Earl Millard Collection. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University, 1985.
1984
Fridrich, Maria. A Passionate Vision, Contemporary Ceramics from the Daniel Jacobs Collection. Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum, 1984.Newman, Jim, and Terry St. John. The Dilexi Years 1958-1970. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1984.
1983
Clark, Garth. Ceramic Echoes. Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1983.Diamonstein, Barbaralee. Handmade in America: Conversations with Fourteen
Craftsmasters. New York: Abrams, 1983.Foley, Suzanne, and Richard Marshall. Ceramic Sculpture: Six Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983.
On and Off the Wall. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1983.
Van Straaten, Evert, and Edy De Wilde. Who’s Afraid of American Pottery? Brussels: Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, 1983.
1982
Frankel, Dextra, and Katherina Plake. California Innovations. Fullerton, CA: California State University; Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1982.Haulk, Tom. American Clay II. Baltimore: Meredith Contemporary Art, 1982.
Lagoria, Georgianna M., and Fred Martin. Northern California Art of the Sixties. Santa Clara, CA: University of Santa Clara, 1982.
Neubert, George. Twenty American Artists: Sculpture 1982. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982.
1981
Bismanis, Maija, and David Gilhooly. Betty Asher’s Cups. Newport, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1981.Clark, Garth. American Potters: The Work of Twenty Modern Masters. New York: Watson Guptill Publicaitons, 1981.
Dillingham, Rick. The Vessel. Dallas: Delahunty Gallery, 1981.
Marks, Graham, and Christopher Monkhouse. Clay. Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1981.
Moser, Joan. Centering in Contemporary Clay: American Ceramics from the John Mannheimer Collection. Iowa City: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1981.
Five California Clay Sculptors. Saskatoon, Canada: Mendel & Southern Alberta Art Galleries, 1981.
Wechsler, Susan. Low-Fire Ceramics: A New Direction in American Clay. New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1981.
1980
Brody, Harvey. The Book of Low-Fire Ceramics. New York: Holt Rinehart Wintson, 1980.Bismanis, Maija, and David Gilhooly. The Continental Clay Connection. Regina, Canada: Norman McKenzie Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, 1980.
Drutt, Helen. Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, 1980.
Mondale, Joan. The Vice President’s House. Washington, DC: Collection of the U.S. Vice President, 1980.
1979
Clark, Garth, and Margie Hughton. A Century of Ceramics in the United States: 1878–1978. Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1979.Cowart, Jack. Ron Nagle. Saint Louis: St. Louis Museum of Art, 1979.
De Wilde, E. West Coast Ceramics. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1979.
1978
Clark, Garth. Ceramic Art: Comment and Review 1882-1977. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978.Ron Nagle: Adaline Kent Award Exhibit. San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute.
1977
Hobbs, Louise and John Minor Wisdom. Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture. Chapel Hill, NC: William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, 1977.Neubert, George. A Sense of Scale. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1977.
Overglaze Imagery. Fullerton, CA: California State University, 1977.
Smith, Robert. Foundations in Clay. Los Angeles: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1977.
1976
Kester, Bernard. American Crafts ’76 . Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1976.1974
Bray, Hazel, and George Neubert. California Ceramics and Glass. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1974.La Liberte, Norma, and Alex Mogelon. Art in Boxes. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974.
Melchert, Jim, and Paul Soldner. Fred and Mary Marer Collection. Claremont, CA: Scripps College, 1974.
1973
Thinking, Touching, Drinking Cup. Tokyo: Sea of Japan Expo, 1973.1972
Foley, Suzanne. A Decade of Ceramic Art: 1962–1972 from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. R. Joseph Monsen. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1972.1970
Monte, James. Teacups, Teapots, Gorillas, etc. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, 1970.Nordess, Lee. Objects: U.S.A. New York: Viking Press, 1970.
1968
Reed, Gervais. American Craftsmen’s Invitational Exhibition. Seattle: University of Washington, 1968.1966
Coplans, John. Abstract Expressionist Ceramics. Irvine, CA: University of California, Irvine Art Gallery, 1966.Selected Articles
2020
Singer, Fanny. “Taking a Bite from Ron Nagle’s Psychedelic Confections.” Frieze, no. 210, April 2020.
Desmarais, Charles. “Ron Nagle has big ideas in his tiny, scatological sculptures.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2020.
Wood, Sura. “Subversive ceramics: Ron Nagle at BAMPFA.” The Bay Area Reporter, January 21, 2020.
2019
Furman, Anna. "An Artist Who Makes Irreverent, and Pocket-Size, Sculptures." T: The New York Times Style Magazine, April 29, 2019.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Ron Nagle.” The New Yorker, May 10, 2019.
Shire, Peter. “Ron Nagle.” apartamento magazine, no. 24, Autumn/Winter 2019–20, pp. 358–76.
“Solo exhibition of works by influential Californian artist Ron Nagle opens in London.” artdaily, September 25, 2019 (online).
Johnson, Paddy. “The Art-Making Trend Outshining Large-Scale Sculpture in New York City’s Best Shows.” Observer, June 10, 2019 (online).
2017
Cohn, Hana. "Ron Nagle."Contemporary Art Review LA, March 22, 2017.
"Must See." Artforum, February 24, 2017 (online).
Pagel, David. "Feel the risk of possibility." Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2017, p. E3.
———. "The Mind-Bending Poetry." Gallery Magazine, February 2017, pp. 18–25.
Tarasoff, Sabrina. "Ron Nagle." Flash Art, April 4, 2017 (online).
2016
Frankel, David. "Ron Nagle." Artforum, January 2016, p. 240.
Ruby, Sterling. "Interview: Ron Nagle." Kaleidoscope, Summer 2016, pp. 190–97.
2015
Fox, Dan. "Ron Nagle." Frieze, December 2015, p. 163.
Hirsch, Faye. "Ron Nagle." Art in America, December 2015, pp. 130–31.
Indrisek, Scott. "5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York: Ron Nagle." Blouin Artinfo, September 21, 2015.
Michel, Karen. "Pottery Winner: An Artist's Dark, Funny Oeuvre Gets Major Show." NPR, October 24, 2015.
Nagle, Ron. "The Artists' Artists." Artforum, December 2015, p. 104.
"Ron Nagle." Art in America, September 17, 2015.
Russeth, Andrew. "Open Season: Ron Nagle Stuns." ARTnews, September 21, 2015.
Smith, Roberta. "Review: 'Ron Nagle: Five O'Clock Shadow,' Delicacy and Tension on a Small Scale." The New York Times, September 25, 2015.
Whitney, Kathleen. “San Diego: Ron Nagle – San Diego Museum of Art.” Sculpture Magazine, May 2015.
2014
Chun, Kimberly. “’Color Shift’: Berkeley Show Brings Together Abstract Works Around Theme.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 2014.
Chute, James. “Ron Nagle’s Big Ideas.” The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 2014.
Gamwell, Melissa. “Well Finagled.” PIN-UP, Fall/Winter 2014, pp. 48–50.
Griffin, Jonathan. “Small Is Beautiful.” The Art Newspaper, November 2014.
Hernandez, Ricardo. “Inspirations.” Women’s Wear Daily, February 2014, p. 5.
“In the Mood for Memphis Design, Inspiration for Fashion Design.” W Magazine, April 2014, p. 136.
Knight, Christopher. “Three art shows in San Diego recall abstraction’s prominence.” Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2014.
Morgan, Susan. “Proenza Schouler + Ron Nagle.” W Magazine, December 2014/January 2015, p. 66.
Slenske, Michael. “All Fired Up.” Blouin Art + Auction, May 2014, p. 115.
Smith, Roberta. “Prehistoric Tools to Matisse Cut-Outs.” The New York Times, September 7, 2014.
2013
Boucher, Brian. “The Last Testament of Ken Price.” Art in America, March 2013, p. 99.
Cotter, Holland. “The East Coast of California.” The New York Times, June 2013.
Gavin, Francesca. “New Art Stars at the Venice Biennale.” Dazeddigital, May 2013.
Graves, Jen. “Being Beaten About the Mind and Eyes: The Venice Biennale is a High-Speed Train Very Focused on a Destination, and Prone to Crashing.” The Stranger, Seattle, September 4, 2013.
Holte, Michael Ned. “Best of 2013: ‘Grapevine’ – David Kordansky Gallery.” Artforum, December 2013, p. 243.
Larkins, Zoe. “Crossing Over: An Interview with Ron Nagle.” Art in America, May 30, 2013.
Tromble, Meredith. “Notes on the 55th Venice Biennale.” Stretcher, May 2013.
2012
French, Christopher. “Stone Gravy.” ARTnews, October 2012, p. 102.
“Rewarding an Innovator.” Ceramics Monthly, October 2012, p. 26.
Russeth, Andrew. “A Ron Nagle Ceramic Sculpture at Wallspace.” GalleristNY, June 29, 2012.
Smith, Roberta. “The Mystery Trend.” The New York Times, July 27, 2012, p. C24.
2011
Ruby, Sterling. “Ron Nagle: Custom Clay.” Kaleidoscope, no. 2, Fall 2011, pp. 44–49.
2009
Johnson, Ken. “Ron Nagle, ‘Bookends, Weeoramas and Flareware.’” The New York Times, May 1, 2009.
Smith, Roberta. “Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth Into Art.” The New York Times, March 20, 2009, p. C23.
Tromble, Meredith. “My Top Ten, 2008: Memorable Bay Area Art Experiences of 2008, plus one beyond two codas…” Stretcher, January 2009.
2008
Casey, Laura. “Instructor’s Silly Side in Ceramics Near Union Square.” Contra Costa Times, December 19, 2008, p. 19.
Hamlin, Jess. “Nagle and Hardy Show.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 2008, p. E8.
Salmon, Laurence. “Collectionner la céramique contemporaine.” Elle Decor, December 2008, pp. 116–20.
2007
Glueck, Grace. “Fun With Studio Crafts: When the Traditional Gets Quirky.” The New York Times, January 12, 2007, p. E45.
Hickey, Dave. “Portfolio, Hickey’s Top Ten: Ten of Dave Hickey’s Favorite Artworks from the Last Forty Years.” The Believer, November/December 2007.
Smith, Roberta. “It’s Just Clay, but How About a Little Respect?” The New York Times, September 7, 2007, p. B27.
2006
Briggs, Peter S. “Ron Nagle: Ceramics, The Buddy Holly Center.” Artlies, Fall 2006, p. 102.
Hamlin, Jesse. “Don Ed Hardy’s Tattoos are High Art and Big Business.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 2006.
Johnson, Ken. “Ron Nagle and the Holy Grail.” The New York Times, Art in Review, January 27, 2006.
Selvin, Joel, “Decades in Obscurity…” San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2006.
2005
Bell, Robert. “Transformations: The Language of Craft.” Croft Arts International, no. 65, 2005.
Frank, Peter. “Art Pick of the Week.” LA Weekly, March 18–24, 2005.
Koppman, Deborah. “Previews: Ron Nagle.” ARTWEEK, July/August 2005, p. 25.
Selvin, Joel. “Most Crucial Albums…” San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2005.
Tromble, Meredith. “West Coast.” Stretcher, August 5, 2005.
2004
Garchik, Leah. “Gossip Column.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 2004.
Hamlin, Jesse. “Ron Nagle ‘baron of sculptural intelligence,’ works within the groove of small things.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 2004.
Kagan, Dick. “High Tea.” Art and Antiques, May 2004.
Koplos, Janet. “Ron Nagle at Garth Clark.” Art in America, May 2004.
MacNaughton, Mary Davis. “A Landmark in Clay.” Kerameiki Techni, no. 46, 2004.
2003
Garchik, Leah. “Gossip Column.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 4, 2003.
Kirsch, Elisabeth. “In His Cups.” Kansas City Star, April 4, 2003.
Miles, Christopher. “Ron Nagle.” Artforum 41, no. 5, January 2003.
Netzer, Sylvia. “Ron Nagle.” American Ceramics, February 14, 2003.
2002
Brown, Glen R. “Beyond Names; Collaborative Works – Ron Nagle and Hung Liu.” Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 49, 2002.
Chambers, Karen S. “Clay Masters.” American Style, Winter 2002.
“Crafty Veteran.” Los Angeles Times, Calendar’s Calendar, October 19, 2002.
“Gallery.” American Craft, April/May 2002.
Hamlin, Jesse. “Voulkos Taught by Example.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 25, 2002.
Johnson, Ken. “For Those in Search of Calm, an Armory Full of Modernists.” The New York Times, February 25, 2002.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “With All Its Hang-ups, the L.A. Gallery Scene Thrives.” Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2002.
Ollman, Leah. “Cups Runneth Over with Wit, Beauty.” Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2002.
Smith, Roberta. “Kathy Butterfly.” The New York Times, March 1, 2002.
“Synthetic Zen, Die Tassen von Ron Nagle.” Keramik Magazin, June/July 2002.
2001
“Going for the Gold.” Ceramics Monthly, October 2001.
Nagle, Ron. “Greatest Hits.” NCECA Journal, 2001.
Smith, Roberta. “Ron Nagle.” The New York Times, December 28, 2001.
2000
Arieff, Allison. “America the Beautiful: Bay Watch.” Surveillance Surface, no. 20, 2000.
Berk, Amy. “Forever on the Move.” World Sculpture News 6, no. 31, Winter 2000.
Kingsley, April. “Kathy Butterly: Miniature Moments.” American Ceramics, April 2000.
Pagel, David. “A Lively Trip through Ceramic History.” Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2000.
“Paper Cuts.” San Francisco Bay Guardian 34, no. 44, August 2–8, 2000.
Perry, Barbara. “Top Treasures of the Century.” Ceramics, Art+Antiques, March 2000.
Shrady, Nicholas. “Color Field on Fifth.” Architectural Digest, November 2000.
1999
Bonetti, David. “Bay City Best.” San Francisco Examiner Magazine, November 28, 1999.
———. “Gallery Watch.” San Francisco Examiner, December 10, 1999.
Cebulski, Frank. “Those Who Have Thrived.” ARTWEEK 30, December, 1999.
Cohen, Mark Daniel. “Clay into Art.” Review, January 15, 1999.
Crawford, Lynn. “Reviews.” American Ceramics, February 1999.
Gerhard, Susan. “The New ‘New.’” San Francisco Bay Guardian 34, no. 7, November 17–23, 1999.
Hamlin, Jesse. “A Passion for Collecting Crafts.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 1999.
Ramljak, Suzanne. “Impresario of Clay.” American Ceramics, July 1999.
Slivka, Rose. “Clay into Art.” American Ceramics, 1999.
1998
“Art.” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 1998.
Bonetti, David. “Grants for Bay Area Artists, Museums.” San Francisco Examiner, August 17, 1998.
Carroll, Jerry. “Lively Arts: Local Artists Score Big.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 21, 1998.
“Craft World.” American Craft, August 1998.
“Flintridge Foundation Distributes Grants.” ARTWEEK, July 1998.
Hickey, Dave. “The Best of 1998.” Artforum, December 1998.
Johnson, Ken. “Points of Origin, Franklin Parrasch Gallery.” The New York Times, January 23, 1998.
Nagel, Terry. “S.F.’s Jewish Museum Displays Kiddish Cups.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 1998.
“News Briefs.” Sculpture, September 1998.
“Panorama.” Kerameiki Techni, December 1998.
1997
“American Craft Council Awards.” American Craft, October/November 1997.
Berkson, Bill. “Nagle Wares.” American Craft, August/September 1997.
Berman, Avis. “Contemporary American Ceramics: Exploring the Sculptural Potential of Pottery.” Architectural Digest, March 1997.
Bonetti, David. “Still Krazy After All These Years.” San Francisco Examiner, January 10, 1997.
Chambers, Karen S. “Next of Kiln.” Art & Antiques, January 1997.
Clark, Garth. “Abstract Expressionism Revisited: The Otis Years 1954–1959.” Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 29, 1997.
Cohen, Keri Guten. “Galleries.” Detroit Free Press, September 14, 1997.
Glueck, Grace. “Abstract Expressionist Ceramics: Myth and Reality Revisited.” The New York Times, May 30, 1997.
Mannisto, Glen. “Mighty Morphin’ Art Arrangers.” MetroTimes, September 24–30, 1997.
Tromble, Meredith. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Ken Price and Clay.” ARTWEEK, April 1997.
1996
Berkson, Bill. “Shaw Business.” American Craft, October/November 1996.
Chambers, Karen S. “The Great Convergence.” American Style, no. 4, Spring 1996.
“Equal Space.” Southwest Art, June 1996.
Fauntleroy, Gussie. “Fine Art and Life Cycles.” Pasatiempo, May 3–9, 1996.
“Ron Nagle: A Survey Exhibition 1958–1993.” ARTbibliographies Modern 27, no. 1, 1996.
Thorson, Alice. “Surrealistic, Surprising Little Pots.” Kansas City Star Preview, March 22–28, 1996.
Tromble, Meredith. “A Conversation with Ron Nagle, Art Department Chair, Mills College.” ARTWEEK, March 1996.
Wilson, Malin. “Strange, Wonderful Curiosities Fill Galleries.” Journal North, June 1, 1996.
1995
Guthman, Edward. “’Jaded’ Is More Like It; It’s got sex, murder, and it’s all in San Francisco.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 1995.
Vivas, Antonio. “Galeria.” CERÁMICA, December 1995.
1994
Green, Joshua. “Ron Nagle, Forum Gallery, The Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh.” The New Art Examiner, October 1994.
Hamlin, Jesse. “Bay Area Collector Lets the Public Peek.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 1994.
Kelley, Jeff. “Ron Nagle.” Artforum, February 1994.
Moser, Charlotte. “Ron Nagle at Mills College Art Gallery & Rena Bransten.” Art in America, May 1994.
“Ron Nagle, Recent Work.” Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 1994.
Shearing, Graham. “Rebel with a Miniature Cause.” Tribune Review, June 24, 1994.
1993
Aliens P.C.B. “Nine Decades of Craft.” Art of California Magazine, October 1993.
Bonetti, David. “A Bright Light in a Dull Year, Best Exhibits.” San Francisco Examiner, December 26, 1993.
———. “Ceramicist Ron Nagle’s Secret Life.” San Francisco Examiner, September 8, 1993.
Brunson, Jamie. “San Francisco Fax.” Art Issues, November/December 1993.
Burke, Marnie. “Ceramic Treasures.” San Francisco Examiner: Image Magazine, May 30, 1993.
Fowler, Carol. “Teacher-Musician Nagle Finds Equal Success Sculpting.” Contra Costa Times, September 10, 1993.
“In Conversation/Sculpture.” San Francisco Focus, September 1993.
Tarchenski, Pamela J. “200 Galleries, A Fine Walkabout in a City of Art.” Albuquerque Journal, August 19, 1993.
Van Proyen, Mark. “Object Lessons.” ARTWEEK 24, no. 21, November 4, 1993.
1992
Drohojowski, Hunter. “Bumpers and Blondes.” ARTnews, October 1992.
1991
“Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award 1991.” Ceramics Art and Perception, no. 6, 1991.
Gibbs, Peter. “A New Standard of Excellence.” Listener and TV Times, July 1, 1991.
———. “International Perspective.” Ceramic Review, November/December 1991.
“Instant Appeal.” Manukau Courier, June 15, 1991.
Lange, Peter. “15th Fletcher Challenge Exhibition.” Ceramics Monthly, December 1991.
McCarty, Lynn. “Potted Prowess.” H&B, August/September 1991.
Netzer, Sylvia. “The Art of Collecting.” New Art Examiner, November 1991.
Phare, Jane. “Cautious Challenge to Ceramics.” New Zealand Herald, May 30, 1991.
Williams, Howard. “Great Show to Celebrate.” New Zealand Herald, June 6, 1991.
1990
“American Clay Artists.” Ceramics Monthly, May 1990.
“Vessels: From Use to Symbol.” The New York Times, November 1990.
Murphy, Angela. “Great Lakes Annual.” Ceramics Monthly, December 1990.
1989
“Ceramicist Nagle at Center.” San Antonio Light, April 28, 1989.
“Contemporary Ceramics at Christie’s.” Ceramics Monthly, April 1989.
Hammel, Lisa. “Teacups with Windows and Without Bottoms.” The New York Times, March 30, 1989.
White, Cheryl. “Review: Ron Nagle at Rena Bransten Gallery.” Ceramics Monthly 7, no. 2, 1989.
1988
Bonard, Rob. “Kitsch as Avant-Garde.” New Art Examiner, September 1988.
1987
“Art, Money and the NEA.” Ceramics Monthly, February 1987.
Keaveney, Claire. “The Crafts Are Doing Just Fine.” West Magazine, San Jose Mercury News, April 5, 1987.
“NEA Fellowships.” American Craft, January 1987.
Smith, Roberta. “Jeff Perrone and a Group Show.” The New York Times, September 11, 1987.
1986
Elder, Sean. “Big Cheese.” Image Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, July 13, 1986.
Harrison, Helen A. “Abstract Displays its Energy.” The New York Times, June 29, 1986.
“Small Scale.” International Sculpture, November/December 1986.
Williams, Jerry. “Potters on Color.” The Studio Potter, June 1986.
1985
Boettger, Suzaan. “San Francisco: Ron Nagle, Quay Gallery.” Artforum, February 1985.
Glueck, Grace. “Art: The Serious Work of No-Nonsense Lear.” The New York Times, September 13, 1985.
Handy, Ellen. “Ron Nagle/Sabina Ott.” Arts Magazine, November 1985.
Heartney, Eleanor. “Ron Nagle.” New Art Examiner, December 1985.
McKenna, Christine. “Feats of Clay in ‘Pacific Connections.’” Los Angeles Times, December 17, 1985.
Rubenfeld, Florence. “Bay Area Clay: Forerunner to Postmodernism.” New Art Examiner, September 1985.
1984
Davis, Harry. “Handcraft Pottery: Whence and Whither.” The Studio Potter, December 1984.
Hayes, Joanne Burstein. “Beyond Ceramic Traditions.” ARTWEEK, October 27, 1984.
McTwigan, Michael. “Ron Nagle.” American Ceramics, February 1984.
Mollenkoff, Peter. “Ron Nagle: New York.” Ikebana Ryusei, August 1984.
1983
Chambers, Karen. “Review.” Craft International, October/December 1983.
Chapp, Jeff. “Between Painting and Sculpture.” NCECA, Spring 1983.
Daw, Deborah. “Arts and Crafts.” Portfolio, July/August 1983.
Glenn, Constance W. “The Collectors: Today’s Art in a Victorian House.” Architectural Digest, March 1983.
——— “The Collectors: Passion in the Process.” Architectural Digest, April 1983.
Selvin, Joel. “Lively Arts.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 1983.
1982
Atkins, Robert. “A Sculpture Bonanza.” Bay Guardian, February 24, 1982.
Burstein, Joanne. “What You Didn’t See at the Whitney.” American Ceramics, Summer 1982.
Butterfield, Jan. “Nagle & Voulkos: Paired Opposites at Quay & Braunstein.” Images & Issues, Summer 1982.
Cebulski, Frank. “Sculpture as a Mirror of Life.” ARTWEEK, August 4, 1982.
Curtis, Cathy. “Nagle. Voulkos: Two Approaches to Ceramics.” Peninsula Times Tribune, February 9, 1982.
Janeiro, Jan. “From the San Francisco Bay Area.” Craft International, Summer 1982.
Jones, Mady. “Six at the Whitney: Kudos to Some.” American Ceramics, 1982.
Levy, Mark. “Tough Sensitivities: Voulkos & Nagle.” ARTWEEK, February 27, 1982.
Perreault, John. “Fear of Clay.” Artforum, April 1982.
Perrone, Jeff. “Clay Per Se and Other Minor Matters.” Arts, April 1982.
Stein, Ruthe. “The Pink & Black Life of Ron Nagle.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 1982.
Wechsler, Susan. “Ron Nagle: An Interview.” American Ceramics, State of the Art Issue, Winter 1982.
1981
Hemmerdinger, William. “Desert Museum: California Innovations.” Palm Springs Life, December 1981.
Ianco-Starrels, Josine. “Innovation in Fullerton.” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1981.
Jepson, Barbara. “A Creative Christmas.” Town & Country, December 1981.
Jones, Mady. “The Clay People.” San Francisco Magazine, June 1981.
Kutner, Janet. “Ceramics Far Beyond Usable Vessels.” Dallas Morning News, January 7, 1981.
McCloud, Mac. “California Innovations.” Images & Issues, Winter 1981.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Traditional, Now Both and Art Scene.” Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1981.
Schere, Charles. “The Larger Than Life Work of Viola Frey.” Oakland Tribune, September 6, 1981.
Smith, Roberta. “Review.” The Village Voice September 23–29, 1981.
1980
Dunham, Judith L. “Joan Mondale Selects for Washington.” ARTWEEK, March 29, 1980.
Hepburn, Tony. “Clay Sculpture Comes of Age.” The New Art Examiner, July 1980.
Subtle, Susan. “Nagle’s Wares.” Boulevards, June 1980.
1979
“Ceramic Cylinders.” Danville Valley Pioneer, February 14, 1979.
“Ceramic Sculpture on Display.” Danville Valley Pioneer, February 28, 1979.
“Ron Nagle: New Waves.” Ceramics Monthly, January 1979.
1978
Brown, Sylvia. “Ron Nagle.” Craft Horizons, December 1978.
Dickson, Joanne. “Ron Nagle: New Works.” New Art Forms, Winter 1978.
McDonald, Robert. “Ron Nagle’s Ceramic Sculpture.” ARTWEEK, October 14, 1978.
Subtle, Susan. “Best Bets: Off the Record.” New West, October 9, 1978.
“People and Places.” Craft Horizons, October 1978.
1977
Levin, Elaine. “Foundations in Clay.” ARTWEEK, May 21, 1977.
1976
Artner, Alan. “MCA Crafts a Showing of a Brave New World.” Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1976.
Ballatore, Sandy. “The California Clay Rush.” Art in America, July/August, 1976.
Barber, John. “Multi Fire Ceramics Described.” Great Falls Tribune, March 28, 1976.
“Ceramactivites: At Quay Ceramics.” Ceramics Monthly, February 1976.
“For Top Crafts, See Exhibit A.” Chicago Tribune, July 16, 1976.
Goldstein, Tom. “Labels Don’t Bother Artist.” Regina Leader-Post, August, 1976.
Ratcliff, Carter. “Notes on Small Sculpture.” Artforum, April 1976.
Schulze, Franz. “It’s Beautiful, But Is It Crafts?” Chicago Daily News, July 10, 1976.
1975
Albright, Thomas. “Nagle’s Imagination Runneth Over.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 1975.
Harms, Sally. “Calendar.” City of San Francisco, November 24, 1975.
Irving, Rebecca. “Craft Museum is Humming.” Niagara Gazette, October 24, 1975.
McDonald, Robert. “New Work by Ron Nagle.” ARTWEEK, November 22, 1975.
Meisel, Alan. “Prizing and Apprizing the Cup.” Craft Horizons, December 1975.
Robertson, Frank. “Where Have You Been, Ron Nagle?” City of San Francisco, November 18, 1975.
1974
Schere, Charles. “Museum Rekindles Ceramic Interest.” Oakland Tribune, March 24, 1974.
1973
Albright, Thomas. “The ‘Family Tree’ of California Ceramics.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 18, 1973.
Pugliese, Joe. “The Decade: Ceramics.” Craft Horizons, February 1973.
1972
“The Cup Show.” Craft Horizons, 1972.
“The Cup Show.” Los Angeles Magazine, October 1972.
Wilson, William. “Art by the Cupful.” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1972.
1971
“Objects, U.S.A.” ARTWEEK, February 13, 1971.
Pugliese, Joe. “Ron Nagle: The Potter.” Craft Horizons, June, 1971.
1969
Albright, Thomas. “Artistic Statement in Artifacts, Designs.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 1969.
1966
“Abstract Expressionist Ceramics.” Artforum, November 1966.
1963
Coplans, John. “Work in Clay by Six Artists.” Artforum, February 1963.