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 ...

Alexander Girard's miniature folk art collection hopes to evoke common humanity. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, iconic 20th-century designer Alexander Girard’s passion for folk art is on view at the ...

Saturday from 2 to 4 is the perfect time to visit "Self-Taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Collection of Alexa Kleinbard and Jim Roche," the 283-piece folk art feast on the fifth floor of the ...

Carter Wellborn, an 86-year-old mentally disabled northeast Georgia man who has artwork in collections across the U.S. and Europe, died Monday of a heart attack. Wellborn was the brother-in-law of ...

Assuming an album can be judged by such a fulsome title, The Only Folk Collection You’ll Ever Need, a two-disc compilation from Shout Factory, is the optimum choice, and appears tailored, for those ...

TIJUANA For the first time, more than 550 items of folk art from the Mingei Museum's permanent collection will be exhibited south of the border. Starting Friday, the El Cubo gallery at the Centro ...

Alan Lomax single-handedly (and some would say, heavy-handedly) saved the folk music from oblivion. Son of John Lomax, Alan travelled across the US and around the world recording folk musicians in ...

Barbara Gordon vividly remembers when her impulsive "manic" days as a DIY American folk art collector were over. If you go "A Shared Legacy" When: Members-only preview Saturday. Opens Sunday, runs ...

We’re exploring the world of folk art, starting at the storied collection at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Then we visit an author who cataloged the history of tattoo art There’s something about folk ...

The short story is a form that remains tethered to its forebears despite modern advancements in literature. There’s a certain element to the short story that makes it more accessible than the novel, ...