Recent Finds

Mexican nicho cabinet shrines are often described as decorative folk art, but their power comes from intention rather than ornament. They are objects shaped slowly, through attention and reflection, during moments of illness, hardship, or uncertainty.

The modern wasn’t invented all at once. It was arrived at slowly, rediscovered by makers willing to look backward and forward at the same time.

Pille stood in the middle of a remarkable artistic moment, surrounded by artists whose names would become permanent. His disappearance from the market asks an uncomfortable question: who decides what endures, and why?

These folk revival cityscapes sent me on a surprisingly fun research hunt. Hidden self-portraits, real New York locations, and a few very cheeky clues led me to uncover the artist.

These green pots were made in large numbers, but quality varies widely. Learn what separates ordinary examples from those worth collecting.

The Acoma Plateau, often called Sky City, is widely recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States. For more than a thousand years, Acoma potters have shaped clay gathered from the surrounding mesas into vessels that are both functional and astonishingly refined. Long before pottery was made for collectors, it was…