ALOÏSE RETROSPECTIVE SHOW AT GUGGING
Until September 26
Aloïse ‘comme un papillon sur elle’ (Like a Butterfly on Her) has come to Austria after touring Japan in 2009. Gathering a wealth of works from all periods, most of which have rarely been shown to the public before, this seminal exhibition is accompanied by a trilingual catalogue (French, English, Japanese) containing pictures of all artworks as well as some critical essays.

Museum Gugging, Haupstrasse 2, 3400 Maria Gugging, Austria.
t: +43 (0)676 841 181 219
www.gugging.org

DR GUISLAIN MUSEUM SHOWS abcd
May 22 – September 12
A mixed programme of exhibitions at Dr Guislain Museum includes The?World Inside Out, presenting an extensive selection from the Collection abcd in Paris. This private collection consists of top works from international masters of art brut, such as Adolf Wölfli, Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez and Alexandr Lobonov. Other presentations include photographs of innocent inmates by Lieven Nollet and drawings by French prisoners from the 1920s and 1930s. Also included is work by Brazilian outsider artist Luiz Carlos Figueiredo.

Museum Dr. Guislain, J. Guislainstraat 43, 9000 GENT, Belgium.
t: +32 (0)9 216 35 95
www.museumdrguislain.be

JAPANESE ART BRUT
March 24 – January 2 2011
Halle Saint Pierre presents 63 Japanese contemporary artists and 1000 works: drawings, paintings and a large number of sculptures. The show emphasises the universal nature of Art Brut in the field of contemporary art by works that are both archetypal and highlight a singular expression specific to Nippon culture. This is the first project of this magnitude outside of Japan. The sixty artists brought together for this exhibition are mainly residents or attending institutions for the mentally handicapped. They suffer from disabilities or intellectual dysfunction and have marked difficulties adapting to the cultural demands of society. The schematic representations encompass stylized geometric figures, signs, basic colour use, recurring motifs, ideographs and invented materials.

Halle Saint Pierre, 2 rue Ronsard, 75018 Paris, France.
t: +33 (0)1 42 58 72 89
www.hallesaintpierre.org

NEK CHAND’S 2nd ROCK GARDEN TO RE-OPEN AFTER RENOVATIONS
Ten NCF delegates from the USA visited Palakkad to see the recent renovation work at the Malampuzah Rock Garden, Kerala, southern India. Nek Chand’s second Rock Garden of over 170 sculptures set in 1.5 acres, was completed in 1994/95 but after years of neglect required stringent action from the Nek Chand Foundation who were able to assist local authorities in renovating this environmental masterpiece and provide teams of volunteers from overseas. For the fifth year in a row, Prof Tony Rajer, Foundation Administrator, led the group to see the garden and other cultural sites.

LIFE, LIBERTY & EVB AT AVAM
Until September 5 2010
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
The quest for human rights and the search for personal fulfillment, as proposed in the 1776 American Declaration of Independence, provide the starting point for this international exhibition. Works by the last surviving descendant of the Tsars of Russia, Iroquois Indians, French Revolutionaries, illegal immigrants, Algerian War veterans, Guantanamo Bay detainees, Holocaust survivors, incarcerated prisoners, African-American civil rights activists and Iraqi doctors are among the 86 visionary artists featured.

Until March 2, 2011
A Centennial Celebration of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Out of This World shows 38 out-of-this-world paintings from the visionary master.

American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Inner Harbor, Baltimore MD 21230
t: 410 244 1900
www.avam.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

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

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