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 ...

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 ...

Ambrose Andrews, “The Children of Nathan Starr” (Middletown, Connecticut, 1835), oil on canvas, 28 3/8 x 36 1/2″ (courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Nina Howell Starr, in ...

A missing sculpture known as the "Holy Grail" of American Folk Art was found after nearly 90 years, when a collector's keen eye led to the discovery that was hidden in plain sight on a home's front ...

(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 ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course. A place of love, for some. One fraught with trouble, for others. An elusive concept for too many. “Home isn’t always a ...

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 ...