ART & MARGES MUSEUM
Until February 21, 2010
After 25 years, Art en Marge has opened the renamed Art & Marges Museum. Over 2,500 donated works by artists from Belgium and elsewhere make up the collection, including Paul Duhem, Martha Grunenwaldt, Jean-Pol Godart and Jean-Marie Heyligen.
Art & Marges, Rue Haute 312-314, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
t: +32 (0)2511 04 11
www.artenmarge.be

CHOMO AT HALLE SAINT PIERRE
Until March 7, 2010
Ten years after his death, the retrospective exhibition CHOMO celebrates the life of the reclusive artist whose Village d'Art Préludien in the Fontainebleau forest consisted of extraordinary examples of spontaneous architecture in which he lived and that housed thousands of his creations. Also showing is Marie Morel who declared her intention to become an artist at the age of nine. Her large and detailed paintings are exhibited in this solo show.
Halle Saint Pierre, 2 rue Ronsard, 75018 Paris, France.
t: +33 (0)1 42 58 72 89
www.hallesaintpierre.org

9TH INSITA EXHIBITION IN BRATISLAVA
July 3 - September 26, 2010
The ninth International Triennial of Self-Taught Art (INSITA) is a large survey exhibition of contemporary self-taught art, naïve art, art brut and outsider art, held every three years. Featured this year will be a solo exhibition of Indian artist Kashinat Chauhan; and an exhibition of Fabric Art - textile pieces by outstanding creators in the field, including Helga Sophia Goetze Germany, and Gyorgy Kricsfalussy from Hungary.
Slovak National Gallery, Riecna 1, 815 13 Bratislava, Slovakia.
t: +421 (0)2 59 226 260
www.sng.sk

LIFE, LIBERTY & HAPPINESS AT AVAM
Until September 5, 2010
Curated by Roger Manley, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness is AVAM's 15th thematic mega-exhibition. Bringing together 80 international visionary artists, Manley has included works by French Revolutionaries, Guantánamo Bay detainees, African-American civil rights activists, illegal immigrants and Holocaust survivors.
American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230, USA.
t: 410 244 1900
www.avam.org

ABSTRACTION AT AFAM
Until October 18, 2010
New York Trilogy brings together works from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries drawn from the Museum's permanent collections, including Vestie Davis and Malcah Zeldis.
American Folk Art Museum's Branch Location, 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023.
t: 212 595 9533.

Until September 6, 2010
Approaching Abstraction explores non-objective expression in the field of contemporary self-taught art from 40 artists, selected from AFAM's permanent collection. The show includes works by Adolf Wölfli and Aloïse Corbaz, Thornton Dial and Bessie Harvey, as well as Hiroyuki Doi and Johnny Culver.

Until September 13, 2010
This intimate exhibition, Up Close: Henry Darger and the Colouring Book features nine examples from AFAM's archive that illustrate the importance of the colouring book to the work of the artist.
American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019.
t: 212 265 1040
www.folkartmuseum.org

NEW YORK OUTSIDER ART FAIR
February 5 - 7, 2010
Now in its 18th year, the Outsider Art Fair is taking place on February 5 - 7, 2010, at 7 West 34th Street (near Fifth Avenue), New York. The American Folk Art Museum will be organising events and lectures throughout the fair and that week as a part of Outsider Art Week. In a special awards ceremony, the museum will honour fair organiser Sanford Smith with the Contemporary Center's Visionary Award, which recognises major contributions to the world of outsider and folk art each year. For more information on Outsider Art Week, email publicprograms@folkartmusum.org or call 212 777 5218

STRANGER IN PARADISE: THE WORKS OF REVEREND HOWARD FINSTER
January 29 - March 28, 2010
An evangelistic preacher in paint and self-proclaimed "man of visions," Howard Finster became one of the most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing over 46,000 works of art by his death in 2001. The exhibition provides an in-depth survey of Finster's career and covers a variety of themes inherent in his work, including Paradise Garden. The exhibition will travel to three additional venues.

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 500 East Peabody Drive Champaign, Illinois 61820
t:217.333.1861 www.kam.illinois.edu

SONABAI: ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING
July 25, 2009 to September 9, 2010
An innovative exhibition of the art of self-taught environmental artist Sonabai Rajawar and six other artists influenced by her innovative expression. Seventy-eight works of art are complemented by photographic murals, printed scrims and unusual audio visuals. A fully-illustrated book and documentary film of the same title accompany this show.

Mingei International Museum Balboa Park 1439 El Prado San Diego, California 92101
t: 619-239-0003 www.sonabai.com    www.anotherwayofseeing.net

CLASSICS & FOLK ART AT GUGGING
September 18 - March 14 2010
Duo displays two completely diverse oeuvres: rare large works on canvas by Oswald Tschirtner, one of the first artists to be discovered by Dr Leo Navratil, will be shown alongside his better-known small-scale drawings, and will form a relationship with Anton Dobay's pencil drawings. Liberty presents African American artists from the Southern States of the USA.