Bruno Decharme: A Collector Promoting Art Brut

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A pioneering French collector of Art Brut (often translated as Outsider Art), Bruno Decharme brought this genre from the fringes to the Musée National d'Art Moderne (Paris) with a remarkable donation in 2021. A milestone for art history studies and for the man now focusing on Photo Brut, or Outsider photography. Photo: Nathalie Mey In 2021, you made a remarkable donation to the Centre Pompidou of 921 works by 242 artists from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Can you tell us about this initiative?The initial idea was to give this collection to the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval, although we made a lot

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