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 ...

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"We're so fortunate," said Catherine White, a member of Friends of Magnolia Mound and a director on the board. "We're really ...

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.

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 ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is Liz Diller Even Convinced That Razing The Folk Art Museum Is The Right Move? The first stages of demolition have begun on the American Folk Art Museum. Here's what Liz Diller, one of the ...