On Feb. 6 the MFA will open Collecting Stories: The Invention of Folk Art, a reconsideration of works on paper and sculpture from the Karolik Collection of American Folk Art
Taking Inventory: Lovable Leos
Get to know a pair of winsome pieces of Pennsylvania pottery at the Met
Themes and Variations at Shelburne
Formal, academic rigor is not the point here; curiosity, wonder, and enchantment are
Who was the Burpee-Conant Limner?
America is filled with local history museums, town libraries, and regional art museums containing some of the finest examples of early American portraiture
The Virginia Dulcimer (From our Archives)
For generations of Virginia musicians, dulcimer (or dulcimore) has described a family of instruments with three characteristics
In Chicago, Photos meet Folk Art
As part of their Photography + series, the Art Institute of Chicago is examining the influence of photography and folk art on American culture in the Depression years by bringing together FSA images and folk artifacts emblematic of those painted for the Index.
Taghkanic Baskets
A classic example of regional folk craft, Taghkanic baskets have been woven in a small corner of the Hudson River valley since the mid-eighteenth century.
At the 2019 Delaware Antiques Show
The Delaware Antiques Show is in full swing at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, where it runs through Sunday.
New and on view at the American Folk Art Museum
The want for space is now being addressed at the museum’s main exhibition site at 2 Lincoln Square in Manhattan, with the inauguration of new “gallery”
Portraits by a Minister’s Daughter
New scholarship offers insights into the life of the elusive early American artist Mary B. Tucker