Henry Darger worked as a hospital custodian. After his death in 1973, hundreds of his illustrations were discovered. Brooklyn Taxidermy/flickr, CC BY Vernacular art is a genre of visual art made by ...

*"The visual sharing company." Why not just chuck it into YouTube? Well, then you don't own the means of production. *I dunno if this particular company is going anywhere, but cheap shareable video is ...

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Over a century after his death, the tropical hues and fecund shock of Gauguin’s famous canvasses have been thoroughly absorbed into our visual vernacular. Native girls lounging on beaches, the ripe ...

A wood and copper sculpture that explores an emotional response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Drawings on mylar that translate walks through Manhattan into map-inspired shapes. A ...