Just a few years ago, Audrey B. Heckler’s over 500-piece collection of outsider art had rarely been seen in public. Now, nearly the entirety of her holdings—one of the country’s most important and ...

Revisiting the collection of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Starr Figura and Lydia Mullin, The Museum of Modern Art, £19.95, 80pp ...

The American Folk Art Museum is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the acquisition of 40 works by artists including Horace Pippin, Bill Traylor, and Sister Gertrude Morgan, thanks to a gift from ...

The American Folk Art Museum is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in American art, culture, and history. The museum has a vast collection of over 8,000 objects of folk art, ranging from ...

Installation view of ‘Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection’ at the American Folk Art Museum (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic ...

(L to R) Sam Doyle (1906 – 1985) 'Rocking Mary' (double - sided) St. Helena Island, South Carolina, United States (circa 1983) enamel house paint on corrugated roofing tin, 52 × 26 × 1 /2 in.; Gift of ...

An exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum distracts from its charming objects with a a heavy-handed curatorial message.

Two versions of Elie Nadelman’s “Dancer (Danseuse)” (1920-22) on view in ‘The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman’ at the New-York Historical Society (all photos by the author for ...

Even if you are well versed in cigar-store tribal figures, compressed perspective and other aspects of American folk art, the exhibition “American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds” at the American ...

The American Folk Art Museum looked more plucked than plucky at the close of 2011. The museum owns the most extensive collection of American folk art anywhere, along with a large selection of folk art ...