The painting, which belonged to the late playwright Lanford Wilson, was donated to the museum by his Circle Repertory Company co-founder, Tanya Berezin

This marks the 31st iteration of the fair, which champions self-taught, folk, naïve and outsider artists

A cut of the sale’s proceeds will benefit the Intuit museum as it plans for expansion

Plus, a pair of Thornton Dial assemblages, a rare Chinese bowl and a work made out of flip-flops and suede

“I couldn’t believe the dynamism, the energy, the courage, the rawness of these works,” the actor and activist said

Representatives of the artist’s estate are suing Darger’s longtime landlords, who brought his work to light after his death, for copyright infringement

Lisa Slominski's book expands the canon of "self-taught" and "folk" artists to include Hilma af Klint and the Mexican Muralists

With Project Art Works nominated for the Turner Prize and growing institutional interest, the art world is waking up to "outsiders" but advocates fear their exploitation

Gift includes examples by Horace Pippin, Sister Gertrude Morgan and Bill Traylor

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center has built the new facility to house more than 25,000 "life-specific" works, created over years by untrained artists using found materials

Collectors can still break into market for self-taught work, says fair founder

Local couple donates 47 paintings, drawings and sculptures by Southerners and African Americans

Exhibitions are taking place across several galleries, although some workshops that support artists with disabilities have been unable to take part due to challenges of pandemic

The 25-year-old Japanese self-taught artist’s densely layered Yokai is his first piece to enter a museum’s collection

She helped establish the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin as one of the leading institutions dedicated to self-taught artists

Trove donated by collector Audrey B. Heckler includes examples of European Art Brut and works by African-American artists

The city's Americana week saw works by 20th century self-taught artists edging out traditional folk art and antiques thanks to a growing celebrity-studded client base

The Venezuelan artist Javier Téllez has partnered with the Outsider Art Fair to present a curated space at Frieze New York

Sales lag while demand for folk art is on the rise as Millennials move away from a ‘Home Alone’ aesthetic

The event does better when it casts a wide net, while sticking closer to its roots

New York’s Outsider Art Fair swells in size as it looks to align itself with larger contemporary art fairs

Director Andrew Edlin says the fair is still a modest operation

May event organised by the charity Outside In and European Outsider Art Association aims to give voice to artists on margins of society

Outliers and American Vanguard Art in Washington, DC, makes clear that schooled and self-taught artists have never been that far apart

The Basel programming may centre on Swiss art brut artists and institutions

Genre continues to embrace ever-widening fringe, to collectors’ delight

Exhibition with charity Outside In shows work by "hidden" artists working outside mainstream society

Alternative art festival launched in Beijing draws on pioneering work of Nanjing Outsider Art Centre