Magazine July/August 2025

Cara Zimmerman

Infinite Iterations: A tribute to the remarkable Bernard L. Herman.

Blowin’ in the Wind: On the complex origins of whirligigs, a seaside artform that unfolded from the dying whaling industry. Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle

Mitch’s Musings: A coveted antique shows itself
at just the right moment.
Mitchell Owens

We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years?

Big changes at the Intuit Art Museum and the American Folk Art Museum.

Magic realism in Vermont, a major private collection of American modernism in Texas, the art of wine in Cleveland, and more.

Strands of Time
Sarah Davis

Open Studio: An introduction to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program. Eleanor H. Gustafson

Jerry Lauren’s extraordinary collecting journey.
Cara Zimmerman
Photographs by Ellen McDermott

When he purchased his contemporary Memphis
home, collector John Jerit wasn’t sure it would suit
his outsider art collection, but over the years it has
proved to be the perfect pairing.
Jennifer Lauren
Photographs by Robert Rausch

A New York gallery maven and a forward-thinking
collector, both women, drew the boundaries of the
new field of American folk art collecting.
Katie Wood Kirchhoff

Jeremy Frey, master Passamaquoddy basket maker,
has taken traditional Indigenous forms to new heights.
Paula Deitz

Edward Gorey’s genre-defying illustrations meet
an unexpected medium.
James Gardner

Americans are growing more fascinated with
Aboriginal art, which John and Barbara Wilkerson
have been collecting since 1994.
Thomas Connors

A collection of Federal American vernacular
portraits demonstrates the intimate allure of
the genre.
Suzanne Rudnick Payne, Michael R. Payne, and Frank S. Tosto