Brian Dowdall, whose paintings are "doomed to make you smile," has been steadily collecting the work of other outsider artists nearly all his life. Full Episode Sunday, Jun 29 ...

Sometimes, all we know about an artist from the past comes from their artwork. This is especially true of folk and outsider ...

Chicago artist Robert Johnson stands in front of two of his window paintings at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. (Chris Bentley/Here & Now) Outsider art is having an ...

We’re coming out of a recession, but Michael Broadhurst has sold dozens of his paintings — close to 50 — over the last two years. We’re not talking Sotheby’s prices; a Broadhurst ...

The American Folk Art Museum’s transporting exhibition of the scroll-like drawings of the Mexican artist Martín Ramírez (1895–1963) should render null and void the insider-outsider distinction.

In his 1972 paper, the art critic Roger Cardinal defined “outsider art” as art that illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds, as is evident in Darger's work ...

Posted in Art A Black Outsider Artist in a White Art World by Sabine Heinlein February 19, 2013 February 22, 2013. Subscribe to our newsletter.

Also featured is Aloïse Corbaz, the Swiss outsider artist originally included in Jean Dubuffet’s foundational collection of psychiatric art and one of the few acclaimed female outsider artists ...

His wildly detailed paintings of serial killers and degenerates (which fetched prices upward of $50,000) fit the outsider aesthetic, but fair organizers discovered that he had been to art school ...

Last week, Christie's held a 145-lot sale dedicated to outsider art, the latest in a series of dedicated auctions held by the ...

The suit claims Kiyoko Lerner has no legal right to the work or the copyright of “outsider” artist Henry Darger, who died in 1973.

Outsider art is having an "in" moment. It's a label given to self-taught, unconventional and often uncelebrated artists. While mainstream interest in the genre may be on the rise, it’s always ...