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Thornton Dial Is Not an Outsider Artist

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Alabama artist Thornton Dial was making metal sculpture and yard art for decades before he was discovered by a prominent collector at age sixty. Today he’s 82 and the Indianapolis Museum of Art is exhibiting a survey of his art called, “Hard Truths.” Despite national acclaim, Dial still flies under the radar in his home […]

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