The American Folk Art Museum has received a new gift of works made by self-taught artists from the legendary collection of ...

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 ...

Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...

is being celebrated for a year by the American Folk Art Museum in a series of exhibitions. First up during this "Year of the Quilt" is an historical overview of quilts from the museum’s collection.

Folk art has demanded much more respect lately, not least of all because of the American Folk Art Museum’s dedication to the genre for more than 60 years. A visit to the institution will make ...

Nor is it always a location, or a place. Home can be a state of mind," says Brooke Wyatt, curator of a show at the American ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

intricate drawings on view at the American Folk Art Museum are anything but simple Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the Impressionist's triumphs—and struggles The Chinese ...

The African American Museum of Dallas features one of the largest collections of African American folk art in the U.S. The museum displays African art, Black renaissance paintings, decorative arts ...

With more than 7,000 objects on hand, the museum ... folk art. The more than 3,500-piece collection represents work found in 30 countries over four centuries, including doll, French, black ...

Instead you’ll find a strong cross-section of folk art’s various forms; from carvings to paintings to sewn crafts. Near the entrance to shop, which stays open longer than the museum itself ...