Last week my fellow Hyperallergic editor Kyle Chayka wrote a post about video artist Wendy Vainity, who makes bizarre, creepy, and sometimes funny 3D animations. Chayka began by posing a question: ...

Step into 12 Pedal Junction and the instant sensory overload will likely bring you to a full stop as you survey what it has to offer. The whole place is packed with art and refurbished furniture, a ...

Edlin and the fair have played a key role in getting self-taught artists and Art Brut talent into major museum exhibitions, biennales and blue-chip galleries. Established in 1993, the Outsider Art ...

Outsider art, sometimes called art brut, or self-taught art, describes the work of artists who lack formal training or don't identify with any specific school or genre. At its most basic, it's truly ...

A Beat poet’s self-portrait, a 1930s circus poster, Georgia Russell’s three-foot dolls — these are some of the singular finds at this busy Manhattan fair. By Will Heinrich If you’re new to the genre, ...

Apparently we do. From an art critic, of all people. In last week’s Village Voice, critic Christian Viveros-Faune wrote what would have been a great review of the current Llyn Foulkes retrospective at ...