The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

ranging from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recent show on Juan de Pareja, a 17th-century Afro-Hispanic painter who ...

Folk art reflects our cultural identity and often ... from four centuries and nearly every continent — from compelling portraits and dazzling quilts to powerful works by living artists in ...