The ICA reconfigures the ceramic vase

n  The American artist Betty Woodman’s first solo show in the UK, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) (3 February-10 April), will focus on her enduring experimentation with decorative motifs. Known as a ceramicist, Woodman began creating vases in the 1950s and has merged her practice with painting and sculpture in the past decade. “The lasting relevance of the vase in her work is that it can be a vessel, a human body, an animal figure, a metaphor or an art-historical ref