When Michael Stipe first started engaging with outsider art, he was a young buck learning the curious folkways of Athens, Georgia, while on the cusp of fronting the storied rock band R.E.M. Now, with ...

Andrew Edlin, the fair's owner, credits the popularization of outsider art to the dealers that stuck to it through thick and thin. Howard Finster THANK GOD FOR AN EMPTY CROSS (2000 AND 877 PIECES), ...

Los Angeles based artist David Flores is working to create a mural of S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, at The ...

Outsider art, sometimes called art brut, or self-taught art, describes the work of artists who lack formal training or don't identify with any specific school or genre. At its most basic, it's truly ...

What may be the largest privately owned art collection in the Eastern Panhandle can currently be found on the outskirts of ...

If the academy, gallery system and museums have the power to define and promote art, the countless works that are ignored make up an entire genre of their own. Despite it being used for decades, ...

The fair fosters a welcoming environment for all those with an appreciation for art, regardless of background or technical know-how. Andrew Sloan, "'81 Chevy in the City" (2021), pen and colored ...

The field of outsider art has too many problems to count, but the major issue is this: It’s based on a romanticized biography of the artist. Some dealers exploit personal stories in order to make ...

We’re at the Judith Racht Art Gallery speaking with Judith Racht about her *Outsider Outside Art Fair*, an annual event where local artists showcase their work in a unique outdoor setting. After 30 ...

For all its talk about inclusivity, the contemporary-art world can be exclusionary. When was the last time you’ve seen a big show from a new artist without a fancy MFA? This adherence to the religion ...