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In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums
The Magazine Antiques 22 Aug, 2025The High Museum of Art acquired its first artwork by a living self-taught artist, Mattie Lou O鈥橩elley, in 1975; made major acquisitions by such artists as Bill Traylor and William Edmondson in the 1980s; and established a department for American folk and self-taught art in 1994.
Self-Taught Artists at Hirschl & Adler Modern: Blurring Lines Between Reality and Imagination
ArtDaily 13 Mar, 2025Hirschl & Adler Modern presents Self-Taught Artists at the Crossroads of Fact and Fiction, an exhibition featuring works by a distinguished group of self-taught artists, including Bill Traylor, James Castle, Willard Watson (The Texas Kid), Purvis Young, Lonnie Holley.
Contributed by Jac Lahav / What does 鈥渙utsider art鈥� mean when the work so labeled is framed in a glossy finish and sold for six figures? When Sanford L. Smith founded the Outsider Art Fair in 1993, he meant it to promote true outsider artists and showcase their work.