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 ...

Her current exhibition at New York’s American Folk Art Museum is the self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist’s first museum solo show in the U.S. “When MASP produced this show, they had very littl ...

The newly opened Homestead Folk Art Museum is a celebration of that rich history. The newest attraction, part of the Amana ...

His work is in the collection of New York City’s American Folk Art Museum. The typically taciturn Sudduth brightens as he recalls his breakthrough moment at age 7. “I went with Daddy and Mama ...

The quilt, that cozy bed covering and wildly various art form, 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 ...

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 Folk Art Museum called “Somewhere to Roost.” The collection of 60 ...

“Mystery & Benevolence” is a collection of objects used for decades by the two organizations in their ritualized, often secret, practices. On display are scythes and skulls, costumes and banners, ...

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 ...

The newly opened Homestead Folk Art Museum is a celebration of that rich history. The newest attraction, part of the Amana Heritage Society, is a tangible manifestation of cultural heritage ...