Chelsea, New York
Outsider Art Fair
🎪 Outsider Art Fair
Metropolitan PavilionVIP & Press Preview (by invitation only) Thursday, February 27, 12pm to 6pm Vernissage Thursday, February 27, 6pm to 9pm Tickets available at: tinyurl.com/54mnpdws To view the exhibitor list, please visit: tinyurl.com/mpwd9s4f Outsider Art Fair (OAF), the premier fair dedicated to Self-Taught Art, art brut, and Outsider Art is pleased to present its 2025 edition. The 33rd edition of the fair features 66 exhibitors from 40 cities in 9 countries. Visitors to the fair can expect to see art by acknowledged masters such as Henry Darger, William Edmondson, Augustin Lesage, Judith Scott, and Bill Traylor, as well as works by living artists such as Noviadi Angkasapura, JJ Cromer, Shuvinai Ashoona, M'onma, Julian Martin, Margot, Dan Miller, and Leopold Strobl. OAF welcomes back renowned dealers like Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, which devotes its entire presentation to works from the estate of long-time American Folk Art Museum board member Audrey B. Heckler. Ricco/Maresca Gallery presents works from the collection of advertising pioneer Robert M. Greenberg. Aarne Anton/Nexus Singularity, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Marion Harris, all of whom have exhibited with OAF since its founding, make their returns, and original exhibitor Henry Boxer will also be on hand. This year's Curated Space, Follow My Moves, is an exhibit of Self-Taught art from Brazil, curated by São Paulo-based Mateus Nunes, and features works by renowned artists such as Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Chico da Silva, Conceição dos Bugres, and Maria Lira Marques. Other booth highlights include paintings by Maurice Sullins at Hana Pietri, paintings by manga artist Takashi Nemoto at Akio Nagasawa Gallery, and works from the Canadian Arctic and by other contemporary Inuit artists at Feheley Fine Arts. Zürcher Gallery features a solo show of drawings by American poet Ted Joans and James Barron exhibits the work of Janet Sobel. The 2025 edition welcomes eighteen first-time exhibitors. "The 2025 Outsider Art Fair is a testament to the rich diversity of our field, and as always, embraces art from the fringes," said Andrew Edlin, the fair's owner. "As the art world continues to catch on to the power of the work our exhibitors have been championing for decades, a new generation of OAF dealers is discovering artists who will become part of the canon in years to come."