Roger Cardinal, Free-Thinking Scholar Who Coined the Term ‘Outsider Art,’ Has Died at 79
His 1972 book about the subject helped bring self-taught art to the attention of museums.
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“Outliers and American Vanguard Art”
Self-taught, modern primitive, visionary, folk artist: for decades, the field of outsider art has been mired in debate over its terminology.
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Multiple Identities: Michael Stamm’s Playlist
A selection of videos about the formation and performance of identity.
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A Timeline of Attempts to Fix the Art World
From the founding of the Louvre in 1793 to the emergence of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles in 2012 to the start in 2013 of GCC, a collective focusing on contemporary Gulf culture, this timeline…
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‘An Ecosystem That’s Not Quite in Control of Itself’: Dealers Randall Morris and Shari Cavin on Their Collection of Self-Taught Art
On a recent afternoon standing in the Williamsburg apartment of Randall Morris and Shari Cavin, the eponymous Manhattan gallery owners, I was introduced to a new term. “A friend calls it our…
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Outsider Art Fair in Paris Names Exhibitors for 2016 Edition
The 2016 Outsider Art Fair in Paris, which will run from October 20 through 23 this year, has announced its roster of exhibitors. It features 38 galleries, including 15 newcomers, and follows
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“When the Curtain Never Comes Down”
Among the crucial insights of the American Folk Art Museum’s exhibition “When the Curtain Never Comes Down” is that the performative impulse was vital to self-taught (or “outsider”) artists long befor…
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Outsider Art Fair Moves to New Locations in Paris and New York
The Outsider Art Fair, which will be held in Paris this fall and in New York next winter, has settled on new locations for both of its forthcoming iterations. In Paris, the fair will move to the
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How to Speak Artspeak (Properly)
A new guide decodes 146 essential buzzwords, movements, and trends of the postwar art world. How many do you know?
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55th Venice Biennale
Twenty years ago, "Cardinal Points of Art" was the theme of the 45th Venice Biennale, and the compass was its symbol.
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