Two Exhibits Come to AFAM

Attention art aficionados! This Friday, January 21, two exhibits are opening at the American Folk Art Museum, celebrating the Museum’s 60th anniversary.

The first exhibit, MULTITUDES, will showcase a wide range of works – from dazzling early American portraits, needlework, and quilts, to idiosyncratic creations of the 20th and the 21st centuries, such as sculptures made of recycled materials, color-tinted photographs, and fragments of art environments. Presented non-chronologically, the works in the exhibition will be visually clustered to reveal not only their individuality but also their commonalities.

Additionally, Pushing Boundaries: 60 Years of AFAM Exhibitions looks back at over six decades, highlighting key exhibitions in the history of the American Folk Art Museum. It features a selection of beloved works of art and rarely seen documents from the Museum’s archives.

The American Folk Art Museum is located at 2 Lincoln Square (Columbus Avenue between West 65th and 66th Streets), and admission is always free. Visit their website at folkartmuseum.org for more information. 

Photo credit: "New Jerusalem" by Sister Gertrude Morgan