This image released by the American Folk Art Museum shows “Funeral”, an oil on board by Clementine Hunter, part of the American Folk Art Museum collection, gift of Joan Einbender.

You’d be forgiven for not knowing the name Madalena Santos Reinbolt (1919–1976). Her current exhibition at New York’s American Folk Art Museum is the self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist’s ...

The American Folk Art Museum in New York has received a new gift of works made by self-taught artists from the legendary collection of Audrey B. Heckler. The works will be exhibited at some point ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The American Folk Art Museum is planning to close its doors on the Upper West Side this summer for renovations, as part of a strategic, year-long plan to revitalize the ...

A show at the American Folk Art Museum spotlights a Catalan doctor’s revolutionary contributions to 20th-century psychiatry and their connections with modern art and Art Brut.

The Museum has one of the small houses from the collection; the red-painted, tightly-packed caps with wavy edges resemble shingles, and the homey vibe epitomizes found-object craft art at its best.

The Museum has one of the small houses from the collection; the red-painted, tightly-packed caps with wavy edges resemble shingles, and the homey vibe epitomizes found-object craft art at its best.

NEW YORK (AP) — What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course. A place of love, for some. One fraught with trouble, for others. An elusive concept for too many. “Home isn ...