Art Brussels, held April 28 to May 1, welcomed a crowd still travel-tipsy from the Venice Biennale, but enthusiastic to meet at the fair’s first in-person event in two years. Hosting 157 participants from 26 countries, the event was broken up by more than 30 immersive solo-artist booths, a resounding favorite among visitors. “People are hungry for art and excited to be back,” said Kamiar Maleki, director of Volta Art Fairs, who attended the Art Brussels opening. “It’s a fresh fair that supports young artists and…

Michael Stipe, the frontman of the 1990’s rock outfit R.E.M., has been a fixture in the art world for a long time. His band often worked with artists such as Howard Finster and R.A. Miller on album art and music videos, and he’s been collecting works by artists such as those for years. Now, his personal collection of outsider art is on view (and on sale) at the Outsider Art Fair in New York in a section curated by Phillip March Jones. Jones, who first learned about outsider art through Stipe in 1996, said that the…

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