During my first visit to the Outsider Art Fair in Manhattan yesterday, February 27, the overall experience was exactly what I'd expected: a few stand-out booths amid a sea of puzzling ones. I often ...
Crossing into uncommon grounds / Lucy R. Lippard -- Toward an outsider aesthetic / Roger Cardinal -- Folk sculpture without folk / Daniel Robbins -- An anti-museum : the collection de l'Art Brut in ...
As the late outsider artist Samuel Kahn’s first solo show opens in Virginia, his daughter reconsiders the impact of his work ...
There’s something captivating about outsider art. The energy of it feels different somehow. In the past two decades, the field has grown enormously, and in the process, it’s become more integrated ...
Let our critic guide you through the bed rugs, the handmade playing cards and unexpected moments of beauty that stop you in your tracks. By Will Heinrich The 31st annual Outsider Art Fair, which ...
Edlin and the fair have played a key role in getting self-taught artists and Art Brut talent into major museum exhibitions, biennales and blue-chip galleries. Established in 1993, the Outsider Art ...
Against type and tradition, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) current idea of a “summer blockbuster” ranks among its quietest and more introspective shows in memory, presenting the supremely ...
He struggled with schizophrenia, but he drew praise for the intricate diagrams he drew on scraps of paper while living in New York City homeless shelters. By Michael S. Rosenwald Melvin Way, whose ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. A decade ago, a Japanese designer named Ichiwo Sugino decided ...