Art brut, a phrase coined in the 1940s by French artist Jean Dubuffet, identifies a class of art that operates outside of what he termed “art culturel,” or fine art that is beholden to academic and ...

Karl Vondal, “Couple Under Palm Trees” (2013), pencil, colored pencil, and collage on paper, 4.1 x 5.8 inches, Private Foundation: Artists from Gugging (all photos courtesy of Museum Gugging) ...

Way back in 2006, Art Brut and We Are Scientists toured together and released a split single just for the occasion where they covered each other’s songs. To celebrate the 13th year of that occasion, ...

Art Brut recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut single, “Formed a Band,” and they’re getting ready to look back on two decades of witty, shouty observational songs with two ...

French artist Jean Dubuffet introduced the world to Art Brut, a predecessor of contemporary “outsider” art. He debuted Coucou Bazar, an “animated painting,” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in ...

The notion of artists with no formal training creating incredible pieces of artwork has been an important part of various cultures around the globe for centuries, but it wouldn’t be until the 1940s ...

The Ramones and The Libertines had a child. His name is Art Brut. That’s the sound that wailed at Club Congress on Tuesday night. British heritage aside, Art Brut embodied the Art Wave scene that ...

It takes no stretch of the imagination to believe that Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos might be of the slightly nerdy persuasion; just listen to an Art Brut record and you'll probably come up with the ...

Eddie Argos, the 29-year-old leader of London's Art Brut, has made a career out of not growing up. On the band's new album, Art Brut vs. Satan, he regresses a little. But that may be for the best. In ...

Eddie Argos of Art Brut (left) and Liam Gallagher of Oasis (right). CREDIT: Jordi Vidal/Redferns (left), Didier Messens/Redferns (right). Art Brut’s Eddie Argos has shared an anecdote about spending ...