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The 2018 Outsider Art Fair, a Preview

by Edward M. Gómez January 13, 2018January 13, 2018

Celebrating art made by autodidacts situated, by choice or circumstance, on the margins of culture and society.

Posted inArt

Talking About the Challenges and Benefits of Arts Programs for Prisoners

by Matt Stromberg October 16, 2017

Activists, artists, and community organizers at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles discuss the purposes, challenges, and benefits of arts programs for prisoners.

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LA’s New Contemporary Art Museum Celebrates a Flexible, Collectionless Model

by Matt Stromberg September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, located in a converted clothing factory on the edge of the Arts District, officially opens on September 9.

Posted inBooks

Humanizing an “Enigma”: A New Book Illuminates Martín Ramírez’s Life and Art

by Edward M. Gómez December 12, 2015December 24, 2015

What is known with certainty about an artist’s life story can undoubtedly shed the light of understanding on his or her achievements and legacy. But what happens when authoritative historical documents, personal letters, photos, diaries and other materials have not been consulted or are scarce or even non-existent?

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At Martín Ramírez Opening, A Defense of Immigrant’s Rights and Outsider Art

by Melissa Stern March 27, 2015March 31, 2015

Blue chip, outsider artist Martin Ramirez was memorialized this past Thursday evening in Chelsea with the unveiling of a United States postage stamp.

Posted inOpinion

Do We Still Need to Defend Outsider Art?

by Jillian Steinhauer July 22, 2013July 25, 2013

Apparently we do. From an art critic, of all people.

In last week’s Village Voice, critic Christian Viveros-Faune wrote what would have been a great review of the current Llyn Foulkes retrospective at the New Museum — if he hadn’t started the piece with an inexplicable three-paragraph screed against outsider art.

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What Does “Outsider Artist” Even Mean?

by Jillian Steinhauer September 12, 2012September 17, 2012

A post by my fellow editor Kyle Chayka got me thinking about the “outsider artist” designation and the different ways people define it.

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