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Friday, 24 October 2014 10:59

The Outsider Art Fair Opens in Paris

Bill Traylor's 'Untitled (Man, Woman),' circa 1940–1942. Bill Traylor's 'Untitled (Man, Woman),' circa 1940–1942. The Outsider Art Fair

After just one edition in Paris, the New York institution Outsider Art Fair (OAF) already feels at home in France—and it's no surprise. Paris, home turf of art brut father Jean Dubuffet, is natural territory for the genre. These days outsider art is supported year-round by galleries and institutions like the Halle Saint Pierre and such foundations as Bruno Decharme's abcd (art brut connaissance & diffusion) and Antoine de Galbert's La Maison Rouge. The art world's current frenzy of interest in the genre─epitomized by Massimiliano Gioni's "Encyclopedic Palace" exhibition at the 2013 Venice Biennale─doesn't hurt either. No wonder OAF is settling in so well.

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