CASEY - Fans of American folk art might not know Pat Fischer of Casey, but it's likely they have seen some of her work. Fischer's designs have been licensed to appear on wallpaper, kitchen accessories ...
“He was collecting vernacular and designing modern,” explains curator Monica Obniski. An amateur collector might own a handful of pieces, a hobbyist a few dozen, and a serious collector a few hundred.
In studying early American folk art, there is no shortage of folk art documents that express early pioneer immigrants’ gratitude for reaching America in a time when many individuals still feared the ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Historically, one must recall that at the time of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and thereafter, ...
The Museum of Modern Art has told the little museum next door to “folk off.” The behemoth arts institution in New York has decided to go ahead with the demolition of the former American Folk Art ...
I inherited this pie safe from my father, and I believe the tins were hand-punched because I remember my father telling me how it was done. I would like to know its value for resale because it does ...
While its former home on 53rd Street faces the wrecking ball, New York’s American Folk Art Museum is—to borrow from Project Runway host Tim Gunn—making it work in a new, smaller space elsewhere in ...
India is a diverse land. No two states are alike, no two food choices are the same, and no two regions have the same kind of art. Unlike a lot of other nations, India gives a new form of art after ...
Rendering of Crow Museum of Asian Art at the O’Donnell Athenæum at UT Dallas, view of arrival and drop off from northwest. Image Courtesy of Morphosis Architects This new cultural district, located at ...