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‘Heart of a Wanderer’ has a softer edge than the explicitly political work that made Saar’s name, but it has an edge all the same. At the core of “Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer” at the Gardner ...

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Installation view, “Let's Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar," Neubauer Collegium Credit: Robert Heishman “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” has generated substantial ...

A half century ago, L.A.-based artist and Black Arts Movement iconBetye Saar created assemblages that challenged racist and sexist African American stereotypes. To paraphrase a popular sign from this ...

LOS ANGELES — The artist Betye Saar lives up three flights of stairs in a house with a pink door, tucked into a Laurel Canyon hillside. She has lived in the canyon, one of few truly woodsy enclaves in ...

The 97-year-old artist’s newest works reflect her decades-long interest in cultural artifacts and self-emancipation. By Evan Nicole Brown Many artists are dimming the lights of their museum shows, for ...

In conjunction with Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide, Roberts Projects is pleased to present Betye Saar’s monumental altar assemblage, Mojotech. Created in 1987 during the artist’s residency at ...

The 97-year-old artist’s newest works reflect her decades-long interest in cultural artifacts and self-emancipation. The artist Betye Saar in her home studio.Credit...Max Hemphill Supported by By Evan ...

“Ritual & Remembrance/Personal Icons” provides an introduction to the work of as semblage artist Betye Saar. Saar, who watched Watts Towers being built when she was a child growing up locally, finds ...

In their mother-daughter conversation, Betye and Alison Saar will talk about their art, collaborations, and shared experiences as family. Marica Vilcek shares her story in a new memoir, from her early ...