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Outsider Art

In NYC, a Fair Dedicated to Outsider Art Cultivates an Interest in the Eccentric

By Clayton Schuster

Bill Traylor’s Outsider Art Found a Devoted Admirer in William Louis-Dreyfus

By Helen Holmes
Gnomesville features a collection of thousands of garden gnomes tucked away in the forest.

Plan Your Summer Road Trip to the World’s Quirkiest Art Museums

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Louis Zoellar Bickett with his work.

This Artist Spent 40 Years Documenting His Life So Others Could Learn From It

By Scott Indrisek
William Pope.L, Trinket (2008). Installation in the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, hosted by Grand Arts. (

Whitney Biennial Artists Announced, a Pink Paint for Everyone But Anish Kapoor

By Alanna Martinez
Fritz Koenig's Sphere, currently on view in Battery Park.

WTC ‘Sphere’ Sculpture to Return Home, National Poo Museum to Go on Tour

By Alanna Martinez
John Kayser.

How a Photographer’s Secret, Kinky Obsession Wound Up in a Hip Williamsburg Gallery

By Lale Arikoglu
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 14: An art installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei showcases thousands of used life vests by refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos, on February 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The orange vests are wrapped around the pillars of the city's Konzerthaus to highlight the plight of refugees trying to reach Europe.

Ai Weiwei’s Berlin Life Jacket Installation, Prado Pulls Bosch Paintings—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Thornton Dial. (Photo: New Orleans Museum of Art)

Artist Thornton Dial Dead at 87, Frank Stella’s Studio Sells for $21.5M—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A painting by Tizzie Mills. (Photo: Alanna Martinez)

Outside In: Finding the Next Self-Taught Master at the Outsider Art Fair

By Alanna Martinez
William Edmondson, Boxer, (ca. 1937). Est. $150,000-$250,000. (Photo: Christie's)

What’s the Breakout Market of 2016? Insiders Bet on Outsider Art

By Alanna Martinez
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