folkloric

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He said long-standing questions about Chávez’s record “led a lot of us to turn away from his folkloric status.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The artist abrades the surfaces of his paintings, giving them a patina of age that contributes to their folkloric vibe and makes these images even more absorbing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

This painting is a "very personal" image, in which Kahlo "merges folkloric motifs from Mexican culture with European surrealism," Anna Di Stasi, head of Latin American art at Sotheby's, told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The 1990s started with a photograph that has achieved almost folkloric status as one of the best images of an Unidentified Flying Object.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

“And one student is doing a folkloric dance, that type of thing. Acts Posada might enjoy if he was alive.”

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez