The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

Click here to subscribe today or Login. Mona Pande’s Indian Folk Art mural, painted in the Pichwai-style, features an image of an elephant surrounded by lotus flowers. Submitted photo ...

ART REVIEW Folk art gets a proper pedestal at the MFA By Murray Whyte Globe Staff,Updated February 18, 2021, 6:45 p.m.

The Craft & Folk Art Museum is losing an ampersand — and gaining a new name: The Wilshire Boulevard museum will announce Tuesday that it will go by Craft Contemporary, effective immediately.

Although the “Whirligigs” constructed by Vollis Simpson (1919-2013) were deemed North Carolina’s official folk art a few years ago, they are none of the above. Not even close.

Still mourning the American Folk Art Museum, a critic says, “We, and MoMA, don’t need any more Rauschenbergs, or Richters.” Bring on the outsider artists.

Paradise Garden The outdoor art environment that sits on a two-and-a-half-acre swampland was created by the world-renowned folk artist Howard Finster, who began creating Paradise Garden in 1961.

Folk is making a comeback. In music, film, dance—and now, even the visual arts. Stroud, where a handful of grassroots art galleries have opened in recent years, is one of the British epicentres ...