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Month: October 2006

October 31, 2006 Bill Swislow

The Last Folk Hero: Collector Bill Arnett’s art world martyrdom

A review of the recent book about Bill Arnett, one of the most important collectors and advocates of self-taught art from the South. Meanwhile, the sad news arrived that Mose Tolliver, one of the best-known southern black artists of the last century, died Monday. 

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October 4, 2006 Bill Swislow

New Signs From Around the Loop

Economically marginal businesses haven’t been pushed entirely out from the area around Chicago’s Loop. That’s good news for interesting signage.

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  • The Art of Street Food – Update
  • Outsider Art Fair 2026
  • Margaret’s Grocery
  • Vollis Simpson Whirligig Garden
  • Q.J. Stephenson’s Earth Museum/Occoneechee Trapper’s Lodge

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