"The Museum of Everything: Exhibition #1" focuses on artists outside the mainstream art world, specifically **untrained, unintentional, and undiscovered artists** of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries 【1】【2】. The museum aims to redefine art and the role of museums by celebrating the creativity of makers often excluded from the traditional art realm 【3】.
Key themes and topics in the book include:
- **Outsider Art**: The museum is dedicated to showcasing art made by those outside the conventional art world 【3】【1】.
- **Self-Taught Artists**: The book features works by self-taught and vernacular artists 【4】.
- **Art from Marginalized Communities**: The exhibition includes art from studio workshops, sometimes connected to hospitals, and features creators such as psychiatric patients, dental technicians, autistic individuals, and factory workers 【5】【6】.
- **Redefining Art and Museums**: The Museum of Everything challenges traditional art history and invites reconsideration of what is preserved and excluded by museums 【3】.