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Photographer Henry Diltz first met the Doors after the band saw the album cover he shot for Crosby, Stills and Nash's 1969 self-titled debut.
Although overly dense and insufficiently documented, the exhibition of part of Bruno Decharme's donation, presented by the ...
By highlighting artists from communities historically excluded from mainstream art institutions, the show challenges ...
A table with tempera paints and various other art supplies is seen at an exhibit of a room belonging to reclusive and disturbing Chicago writer-artist Henry Darger at Intuit: The Center for ...
From colorful street murals to eye-catching sculptures, America is overflowing with creativity. Here are some places to see ...
Each of my visits has been during the deepest part of its no-nonsense winters when the warmth of one of its many museums can be lifesaving in a literal sense. And I’m told that the sticky heat and ...
Lincoln Park home of artist Henry Darger to be sold The building where the outsider artist lived and worked for 40 years, now a rehabilitated five-bedroom home, will be listed for just under $2.6 ...
In a former Lincoln Park boarding house, reclusive hospital janitor Henry Darger spent 40 years creating art that now hangs in museums.
The late Henry Darger is a darling of the outsider art world, a dishwasher who created a vast epic tale of naked little girls. But was he also something more sinister?
Henry Darger worked as a hospital custodian. After his death in 1973, hundreds of his illustrations were discovered. Brooklyn Taxidermy/flickr Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by ...
Henry’s father died when he was seventeen, and after several unsuccessful attempts, he managed to escape from the misery of the asylum and make his way back to Chicago. It was during this time period ...