Heri Dono is a contemporary Indonesian artist known for his inventive mélange of traditional folk art with contemporary imagery. Throughout his practice, he combines diverse source material such as ...

sexually charged paintings, and political themes. "There I learned what art is all about," he said of his education at the National School of Fine Arts in Lima. Born in 1927 in Lobitos, Piura, Peru, ...

To revive and develop this traditional craft, local authorities are actively promoting vocational training, preservation ...

Cheriyal painting, a traditional form of folk art from the Indian state ... Cheriyal painting faced a decline as other forms of art, such as photography and modern mass media, began to take ...

Modern artists use natural, recyclable materials, following the ancient techniques of Indian folk art ... Be it the art of cave paintings of early man times or the aesthetics of sculptures ...

An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold Sunday for $5,500, with part of its attraction being that he falsely signed his wife’s name to his work.