American Folk Art Museum Although portraiture is at the heart of the show, it opens with landscapes — works commissioned, in many cases, to show off the property of a wealthy landowner.

Leslie Umberger, the curator of folk and self-taught art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., told me the stigma attached to the genre has been fading, but only recently.

(American Folk Art Museum via AP) This image released by the American Folk Art Museum shows “Portrait of Frederick A. Gale”, an oil on canvas by Ammi Phillips, part of the American Folk Art ...

The American Folk Art Museum is staging the first U.S. museum survey of the Afro-Brazilian artist. Madalena Santos Reinbolt, O sol, a lua e as estrelas (The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars), 1974.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Chagrin Falls has a new venue for the Spring Avant Garde Art and Craft Show, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 12 in Sun Valley, 1000 Edwards Lane. Admission is $3 ...

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Audrey Hecker (right) with Jason T. Busch, director and CEO of the American Folk Art Museum at the institution's Fall Gala in New York, NY on October 7, 2019. Photo: by Stephen Smith/Art Zealous.

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.

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 ...