The New York Times has just released a video tour of the workshop of legendary Brazilian artist José Francisco Borges.  Its in their The Daily 360  series, so you can see him working in his Bezerros, Brazil studio in full 360 degree color.

We just returned from a trip to France.  Of many highlights, the one which I have most exhaustively photographed is our visit to La Maison Picassiette, in Chartres.  One of the world's reknowned artist-created environments, Maison Picassiette was the creation of an eccentric (obviously!) man named Raymond Isidore (1900 - 1964).  A man of modest means and boundless vision, Isidore worked at various periods in his life at a foundry, a tramway company, as a road mender for the town of chartres, and finally as the caretaker for the town's cemetery.

Yesterday we received the sad news of the passing of Jonathan Demme.  The news stories have rightly celebrated Jonathan's career as a film director, with an eclectic variety of films to his credit, from Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia to Stop Making Sense and Swimming to Cambodia.  To those of us traveling in the intersecting orbits of Haitian and Outsider Art, and the arts of many countries and genres, Jonathan occupied a special place.

We're back!
In Booth #19

Dates:
January 19 - 22, 2017

Location:
Metropolitan Pavilion (Booth #19)
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

Hours:
Thursday, January 19th: Early access 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Vernissage 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
Friday, January 20th: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm 
Saturday, January 21st: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm 
Sunday, January 22nd: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm 

This news, passed on to us by the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Foundation:
 With deep sadness we learned Lafortune Felix passed away a few weeks ago in Haiti.
It’s a great loss for the art world in Haiti and abroad. 
Our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.