Self-taught artists
Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum gifted 61 works by self-taught artists
The gifted works come from the estate of longtime supporter Jan Petry and the collection of Los Angeles-based scholar Gordon W. Bailey
Thomas Kong, who transformed a Chicago convenience store into an art environment, has died
Beloved in Chicago, the artist worked in a small corner shop that doubled as his studio
Major Bill Traylor painting that previously belonged to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is gifted to the American Folk Art Museum
The painting, which belonged to the late playwright Lanford Wilson, was donated to the museum by his Circle Repertory Company co-founder, Tanya Berezin
Female cult leaders, clay creatures and pink rooms: highlights from this year’s Outsider Art Fair in New York
This marks the 31st iteration of the fair, which champions self-taught, folk, naïve and outsider artists
Celebrated Chicago museum co-founder’s vast Outsider art collection heads to auction
A cut of the sale’s proceeds will benefit the Intuit museum as it plans for expansion
Spring awakening: new art books out soon, from African Art and Bernini to self-taught artists and Franz Kafka
Our books editor selects some of the tempting titles arriving on bookstore shelves in the coming months
Adding to a robust trove, High Museum in Atlanta fields a gift of works by self-taught artists
Local couple donates 47 paintings, drawings and sculptures by Southerners and African Americans
American Folk Art Museum announces gift of over 500 works by self-taught artists
Trove donated by collector Audrey B. Heckler includes examples of European Art Brut and works by African-American artists