The Ke Museum of Fine Arts in Shanghai has purchased Marc Leuthold’s Ivory Accretion for its permanent collection, following the exhibition “Encounter: Shanghai Contemporary Ceramics Experimental Art.”  24 Chinese and 8 foreign artists were invited to participate in the exhibition.  In a press release, the exhibit was described as a collision of various camps in the evolving arena of avant-garde ceramics.  Li Xiaoshan, Zhao Peishang, and Yuan Hong co-curated the exhibition.