Discover how Grandma Moses, a self-taught artist, turned to painting in her late 70s and became an American folk-art icon.

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 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 ...

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Christie’s is kicking off the new year with news of an exciting discovery for collectors of American art and folk art. At its upcoming sale in New York on January 24, the auction house is offering a ...

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Ask anyone about their favorite American folk artist and you’ll probably get a blank stare. Since the artists were often minimally trained (if at all), their histories are tricky to trace. Folk art is ...

NEW YORK — Growing up in Cambridge in the 1980s, Emelie Gevalt would make semi-regular excursions with her family to Longfellow House, the stately Georgian manor at 105 Brattle St. The National ...

ST. LOUIS — A history of folk art developement graces the walls of the Saint Louis Art Museum in a new exhibition that ponders the motivations for artists who were at times considered to work outside ...

You’d be forgiven for not knowing the name Madalena Santos Reinbolt (1919–1976). Her current exhibition at New York’s American Folk Art Museum is the self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist’s first museum ...

Harold Smith’s newest paintings take familiar works of art like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl ...