Appraisal: 1890 Folk Art Seated Figure Wood Carving, from Salt Lake City Hour 3. In Salt Lake City Hour 3, Karen M. Keane appraises an 1890 folk art seated figure wood carving. Funding for ANTIQUES ...

Barry Cohen’s 30-year involvement with American 19th-century folk art was reflected in the artworks he constructed and the artifacts he collected. The artist’s boxed constructions, which were ...

The hardest thing about filling a room with “folk art” is that no one knows exactly what folk art is. “It’s a term to be struggled with,” says Meredith Affleck, manager of the upcoming exhibition at ...

Collecting folk art is an area within our antique hobby that might be the best bet for holding its value during these tough economic times. Folk art is many things and spans the entire spectrum of ...

It took Zhang about half a month to finish this wood-block, featuring patterns of dancing lions. [Photo/VCG] Zhang Liansheng, a 72-year-old man from the Kaifeng city of Henan province, is a folk ...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Kentucky Folk Art Center is continuing to find ways to be innovative. The museum was established in the 1980s in Morehead. It is now housed in a unique building which ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

Folklore is a fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics. It is one of the earliest English-language journals in the field of folkloristics, first published as The ...

The prices at Saturday’s Sotheby’s auction at the Kutztown Fairgrounds were like a roller coaster ride. After more than 6-1/2 hours of up and down bidding, the New York auction house managed to sell ...

Two shows introduce a forgotten innovator who fused modernism, folk art and documentary to portray his beloved New York scene. By Roberta Smith HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — In the early decades of the ...