it was used as an ornament to presents as well. Indeed, it was a very practical folk art. For example: Paper-cuttings in Xianyang Xianyang, China's former capital city, boasts of its thousand ...

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 ...

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) is one of Kentucky's unique places. The center houses a permanent collection of nearly 1,400 pieces of regional folk art. The works displayed portray the culture ...

Elements that signal a work by Jastrzębowski are cubist shapes, surfaces meeting at right angles, ornaments "triangularly" offset and rough-hewn, with aspects alluding to folk art. This was the look ...

The American Folk Art Museum looked more plucked than plucky at the close of 2011. The museum owns the most extensive collection of American folk art anywhere, along with a large selection of folk art ...

According to IKEA’s website, the VINTERFINT collection is “inspired by the Swedish countryside with its red cottages and ...

Even though from today's perspective, we speak of Young Poland's ‘chłopomania’ (a term describing a fascination with peasantry), the relationship between folk art and the early modernists who drew ...

As everyone knows, China has a rich history and culture involving art. Chinese people first developed folk art between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Famous folk art such as paper tearing, shadow play ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

The question is what more the Met can do going forward. A show at the Grey Art Museum re-establishes Berthe Weill as a guiding light of the Parisian avant-garde. Her rediscovery has been led by women.

This year, Carnegie Hall’s Teaching Artist will be spread throughout the festival alongside the food vendors with exhibits ...

Two years ago, he joined the world of livestreaming and began to teach folk songs to those who wished to learn the art. Wei Lili, an ethnic Miao, is a student of Lei. In the circle of folk song ...