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In A Mental Health Center In Italy, A Patient Created Her Own World Through Art

What we know about the mysterious life of late artist Alessandra Michelangelo.
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The 'Secret Art Form' That's Coming Back In A Big Way

The story behind Raw Vision and why "every single human being is an artist at some point."
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Japanese Artist With Autism Communicates Solely Through Bijin-ga, Or Drawings Of Beautiful Women

Yasuyuki Ueno, who does not speak at all, creates bijin-ga, or drawings of beautiful women.
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Before Outsider Art, There Was Art Brut

"Art Brut in America" explores the strange legacy of Jean Dubuffet, the founder of art brut.
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Visionary Japanese Artist M'onma Creates Drawings In A Trance

When M'onma makes art, he says his body glows and he cannot see. In this trance, what he calls a "visitation," he creates dream worlds that he sees as divine.
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