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This week brings discoveries from flea markets to attics, new perspectives on folk traditions, and a look at artists working outside the mainstream. Here's what caught our attention.
Embodying the Sacred: Religious Folk Art and Veneration of the Saints
Berks Community Television covers an exhibition exploring religious folk art and the veneration of saints. These traditions represent some of the most enduring forms of vernacular creativity, often passed down through generations outside formal art institutions. Read it at Berks Community Television.
Flea market picker strikes gold as $30 Gertrude Abercrombie painting brings record $1.3m at auction
A painting by self-taught surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, bought for $30 at a Michigan estate sale, has set a new auction record at $1.3 million. The discovery is a reminder that important outsider and self-taught work is still out there waiting to be found. Read it at The Art Newspaper.
Discover The Treasures Of Odisha's Purvasha Folk And Tribal Art Museum
A museum in Odisha, India, houses a significant collection of folk and tribal art from the region. These traditional art forms represent centuries of cultural expression by artists working outside academic traditions. Read it at The Indian Tribal.
Teen's lost city archive found after six decades in attic
A teenager's photographic archive of a city, lost for 60 years in an attic, has been rediscovered. The find offers an unscheduled, personal view of urban life from decades past, captured by an amateur eye. Read it at BBC.
Schoolgirl art at American Folk Art Museum
The American Folk Art Museum is showing work created by schoolgirls in early America. These samplers and decorative pieces, often dismissed as craft, represent an important tradition of vernacular artistic expression by young women with limited formal training. Read it at See Great Art.
Society of Cypriot Studies turns 90, museum holds 5,000 folk objects
A Cypriot museum marking its 90th anniversary holds 5,000 folk objects documenting traditional life on the island. Collections like these preserve the material culture of everyday makers and artisans. Read it at Philenews.
Mexican Folk Art and a Zine Fest: 4 Arts Picks for Your Week
WTTW News highlights Mexican folk art among its weekly picks in Chicago. The tradition encompasses everything from ex-votos to textile work, much of it created by self-taught artists working within long-standing community practices. Read it at WTTW News.
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