Through intimate images and the artist's own words, Danelle Manthey’s photographs and accompanying essays re-contextualize light displays as more than just holiday kitsch, but as visionary works of…
folk art
If you ever find yourself driving coast to coast across the United States, you’ll likely spend a good few hours cutting along the vast cornfields and flat farmlands of the midwest…
Folk art reflects the stories of survival and heritage among often underrepresented peoples. Its distinction as being a separate entity from fine art was…
Ukrainian pysanky are more than beautifully decorated eggs. The folkloric tradition has lasted for centuries and its core tenets have even been linked to more widely-spread ancient practices centered…
Thirty-six years after his death, Elijah Pierce is receiving more acclaim than ever.
Following in the footsteps of such pioneering art dealers as Phyllis Kind (1933-2018) and Sidney Janis (1896-1989), more and more contemporary galleries are now exhibiting Outsider Art.
To learn about any culture, one of our greatest resources is its art, and America is no exception.
Michelangelo, Van Gogh, and Picasso have been alluring subjects for filmmakers throughout the history of cinema. Artists of far lesser stature have also inspired filmmakers over the years. Some are…
A work from a titan of American self-taught art could set a new auction record for the artist.
![Arthur Rothstein, Girl at Gee’s Bend, Alabama [Artelia Bendolph], April 1937](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/category_card_187x139/public/im033860-intpress.jpg?itok=UKvnq8ye)
From September 21, 2019 to January 19, 2020, the Art Institute of Chicago presents Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, an examination of American art at the…
In this video, listen to sculptor Robert Laurent (1890–1970) tell his story of emigrating from Brittany, France to New York City in the early twentieth century. His home movies, featured in this…
ATLANTA – This spring, the High Museum of Art will present “Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads,” an exhibition that celebrates the region’s self-taught artists and offers a rare…
This spring, the High Museum of Art will present “Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads,” an exhibition that celebrates the region’s self-taught artists and offers a rare look at how their…
Last week Christie's and Sotheby's held their Americana Week auctions, featuring a range of folk art, fine furniture, decorative arts, and other treasures. Featured below are highlights of…
The 19th-century Quaker artist Edward Hicks painted some of American folk art’s most cherished works. In this film, Christie's Specialist Sallie Glover explains how, in a series of works featuring…
![Merina [Pop Chalee] Lujan, Taos, 1906 – 1993, Yellow Horse, gouache on paper, 13 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (33.3 x 46 cm.) Estimate: 1,000 – 2,000](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_5_column/public/4630-58.jpg?itok=kBAYkc0u)
