#betye saar

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The Mystic Flag, Betye Saar, 1965.

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The NY Historical opened a new $175 million wing with giant, south-facing windows, and the director was like, Open the blinds! We'll just replace the light-sensitive artworks and historical artifacts with photocopies! And the curators quit, and the NY Times is ON it.

Betye Saar Facsimile Object [greg.org] 📷 Lexi Parra's picture of a picture of a Betye Saar washboard sculpture taped above an Augusta Savage sculpture at the NY Historical, via NYT

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Betye Saar

“Black Girl’s Window” (1969)

Roberts Projects, Los Angeles

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Honoring Betye Saar (1926-2026)

On July 26th, 2026 we gained an ancestor. This day the great Betye Saar passed away, just shy of her 100th birthday.

Betye is without a doubt one of the most influential artists of our time. Her work explored spirituality, American history and African American identity. She was a pioneer of the Black Arts Movement as well as the Assemblage Art Movement which was centered on the West Coast in California where she lived all of her life.

Saar was not only deeply committed to her artistry but also to activism and understood the important role art plays in the collective work towards liberation. Her work was often described as controversial, though the objects of controversy were just real objects from the not so distant past which opened up conversations about culture, American history and social change. During a tribute to Betye at the Hammer Museum, Sandra Jackson Dumont gave words to Betye’s impact on many of us,

”You have given us language where there was silence, and possibility, where there was constraint… You have shown us that truth, when spoken through the right hand of an artist like you, can change everything.”

Rest in Power Betye Saar. You will be remembered by us forever.

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Happy 100th Birthday, Queen Betye Saar. Peace be upon this Black feminist assemblage artist giant, we lost her light just days ago. She was a pioneer in the Black Arts Movement in Los Angeles and she will be missed🕊️

1. Betye Saar, "Souvenir of Friendship", 1977. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection.

2. Betye Saar, photographed by @tylersphotos, May 2026.

3. Betye Saar, photographed 1970.

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Betye Saar, Wishing for Winter, 1989, mixed media: pine, glass, fabric, iron, chicken wire, staples, keys, belt buckle, hinge, window catch, pin, change purse, glove, book, wallpaper, vegetable fibers, feathers, and butterfly wing fragments, etc., 40 3⁄4 x 19 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (103.6 x 48.9 x 5.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.40, © 1989, Betye Saar

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Betye Saar, “The Long Memory,” (from NMWA 10th Anniversary portfolio), 1998; © Maggie Serdel

Betye Irene Saar (née Brown; July 30, 1926 – July 26, 2026) was an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. . Saar was a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.Her work is considered highly political, as she challenged negative ideas about African Americans throughout her career; Saar is best known for her art work that critiques American racism toward Blacks. via W

Betye Saar (1926-2026)

Betye Irene Saar (née Brown; July 30, 1926 – July 26, 2026) was an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. . Saar wa

[Image description: A black-and-red print featuring a hand and a medallion in a frame.]

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Betye Saar (born 30 July 1926)