Founded in 1961, the American Folk Art Museum is the nation’s museum of folk and self-taught art. Candid, genuine, and unexpected, AFAM celebrates the creativity of individuals whose singular talents ...
These folk want a fair contract. Workers at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City joined three dozen UAW Local 2110 organizers to picket the museum’s annual gala at the Mandarin Oriental in ...
The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in Manhattan's Upper West Side will temporarily close its doors to the public this summer for a major renovation project set to revitalize the museum shop, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course. A place of love, for some. One fraught with trouble, for others. An elusive concept for too many. “Home isn’t always a ...
The American Folk Art Museum in New York has received a new gift of works made by self-taught artists from the legendary collection of Audrey B. Heckler. The works will be exhibited at some point in ...
The season includes a Duchamp retrospective at MoMA, a window on Etruscan civilization at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and a fashion celebration at the Phoenix Art Museum. By Morgan Malget ...
Is Liz Diller Even Convinced That Razing The Folk Art Museum Is The Right Move? The first stages of demolition have begun on the American Folk Art Museum. Here's what Liz Diller, one of the architects ...