OUTSIDER, the amazing story of Henry Darger

Darger’s legacy: Mark Stokes

Darger’s legacy: Mark Stokes Mark Stokes is a filmmaker based in London whose documentary on Henry Darger, Revolutions of the Night, was instrumental in explaining who H

Darger’s legacy: Grayson Perry

Darger’s legacy: Grayson Perry Although Darger’s artwork and written works remained out of the spotlight for decades, they still influenced many contemporary artists. Am

Darger’s playlist

All of the song lyrics featured on the OUTSIDER album were written by Henry Darger himself. The late artist was both a lyricist and great music lover. In this episode, Ph

The Vivian Girls

“In the Realms of the Unreal” is Henry Darger’s masterpiece. A 15 000 pages novel, which he later transposed to hundreds of paintings. In this imaginary world, seven sist

Darger's story

At the age of 12, Henry Darger was sent to a mental institution. The diagnosis was “self abuse”. He was one of many children to be sent away, mainly for being poor and un

What is outsider art?

What makes Henry Darger an outsider artist? In this episode, Philippe Cohen Solal discusses the label and the artistic movement with Debra Kerr, President and CEO of Intu

The discovery

When Henry Darger moved into a nursing home a few months before he passed away in 1973, his landlords, Kiyoko and Nathan Lerner, found over 30 000 pages of writing and 30

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A self-taught writer and visual artist, Henry Darger was a man with an extremely prolific, yet secretive career. His life’s work was almost lost, discovered by his landlo