Yet even amid choice traditional offerings at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and the inveterate Winter Show (through 2 February) so-called “outsider art”—long considered a niche category—is now ...

Outsider art is defined as work "made by self-taught individuals, who are untutored in the traditional arts with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art world." With this ...

The strange, satiric drawings of German artist Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern (1892-1982), long a favorite of Outsider Art fans, seem to be making the cross-over into the mainstream -- again. Here’s ...

In his art and life, Johnson was a collector, what most would consider an “outsider artist,” taking cast-off items and transforming them into beautiful works of art at the intersection of the natural ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art world more than 30 years after his death. By Hilarie M. Sheets Scott Kerr ...

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 ...

For all its talk about inclusivity, the contemporary-art world can be exclusionary. When was the last time you’ve seen a big show from a new artist without a fancy MFA? This adherence to the ...

The ‘objectification’ of working-class life by outsiders has led to a century of ‘misrepresentation’. It’s time for a radical ...

As the art world has become more porous in recent years, though, so-called outsiders are starting to find a place in a pantheon that has excluded them for years. And since Sarkin’s passing ...

This year, don't be surprised if collectors looking for a hidden gem turn their focus to outsider art. (The term "outsider art" is itself the subject of debate, with some opting for the term "self ...