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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.
Andrew Edlin Explains How the Outsider Art Fair Helped Establish a Market for the Genre
Observer 04 Feb, 2025Edlin 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.
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What the World鈥檚 Top Collectors Bought in 2024, From Contemporary Still Lifes to 16th-Century Sculptures of Saints
ARTnews 03 Oct, 2024While much has been said鈥攁nd written鈥攁bout the state of the art market, that hasn鈥檛 affected the purchasing decisions of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors...
Edges of Ailey offers a once-in-a-lifetime exploration of art, music, and dance at The Whitney
ArtDaily 25 Jul, 2024Edges of Ailey, opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art on September 25, is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, adjacencies.
Group Exhibition Curated by Artist Rashid Johnson on View at David Kordansky Gallery
ArtDaily 15 Jul, 2024David Kordansky Gallery is presenting Bruts, a group exhibition curated by artist Rashid Johnson. The exhibition is on view through August 24, 2024.
International and American Folk Artists Spotlighted in Slotin Auction's April 27-28 Masterpiece Sale
ArtDaily 27 Apr, 2024Slotin Auction has been the go-to auction house for folk art, especially made-in-America self-taught art, since it held its first auction in 1994.