With its latest exhibition, “Art Brut Cuba,” the Lausanne-based Collection de l’Art Brut, the world’s leading museum focusing on the work of hard-to-classify, self-taught creators living on the margins of mainstream culture and society, vividly captures la onda — the vibe — of one of the most intriguing, if little-known, art-making currents to be found anywhere today. See Edward M. Gómez’s art-filled report about this revealing presentation, which also looks back at the museum’s earlier involvement with Cuban art. Free-access article.

The Pennsylvania-based self-taught artist Joey Tepedino’s vibrant canvases exude a grab-you-by-the-collar, jump-off-the-walls energy. Their dense, somewhat frenetic compositions pull viewers in for close inspection. At the artist’s recent exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery in New York, we discovered another expression of Tepedino’s creative mojo in the form of his playful-peculiar drawings. See Edward M. Gómez’s introduction to these small-format images.

Cathy Ward, brutjournal’s London-based artist-correspondent, recalls the life, collecting obsessions, and subversive wit of the British artist Mark Pawson, who recently died. Deeply involved in the international mail art network, Pawson conceived and organized community events that felt like audience-participation performance-art pieces; he collected everything from wooden “noggins” to clip-on plastic mustaches, while also designing and producing a bounty of clever badges, stickers, and graphics challenging the ethos and mindset of consumer culture. Free-access article.

In Los Angeles, the exhibition “No Prior Art,” which is on view through May 11 at the Getty Gallery of the Los Angeles Public Library’s Central Library branch, calls attention to a number of artists and artists’ collectives whose works have been rooted in invention. This unexpected show also highlights some unusual creations made by prison inmates; they’re clever design objects that serve functional purposes and may also be seen as imaginatively crafted forms of artistic expression. See brutjournal West Coast Bureau Chief Sarah Fensom's photo-filled report.

Little Walt Dog, a self-taught artist from Compton, California, discovered the therapeutic, communicative power of art during the long period of time he served in federal prisons. Now re-establishing himself in Compton, he has moved on and has dedicated his life to making art. His paintings of cars, highways, and everyday scenes from his surroundings celebrate his appreciation of personal freedom and a spirit of fellowship with his community. Ruffed Grouse Gallery will show them at this year’s Outsider Art Fair. Free-access article.