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 ...

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) is one of Kentucky's unique places. The center houses a permanent collection of nearly 1,400 pieces of regional folk art. The works displayed portray the culture ...

As everyone knows, China has a rich history and culture involving art. Chinese people first developed folk art between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Famous folk art such as paper tearing, shadow play ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

From fanged cats and all-seeing ravens to anthropomorphized botanicals and disembodied faces, Michael McGrath ’s uncanny ...

The chart visualizes two recordings of the English folk song “Scarborough Fair”—one sung, one spoken—by Patrick Savage, a study author and participant. The song unfolds at around half the ...

Art is in the eye of the beholder. In the galleries of the folk art museum, you'll discover an amazing variety of paintings, sculptures, and other objects created by talented, self-trained artists ...

Even though from today's perspective, we speak of Young Poland's ‘chłopomania’ (a term describing a fascination with peasantry), the relationship between folk art and the early modernists who drew ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

“Anything but Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic,” at the American Folk Art Museum ... The use of bright colors was hyper-regimented in their villages (every meetinghouse blue ...

BUENOS AIRES — Three people were charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One ...