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Betye Saar, a Los Angeles-born artist known for politically charged assemblages that reframed Black women’s imagery, died at 99. Her landmark works, including The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972), challenged racist caricatures and helped propel conversations on race and gender, with major exhibitions at MoMA and LACMA in 2019.
Betye Saar, a California assemblage artist known for challenging stereotypes of Black women—from dreamlike memento boxes to images like Aunt Jemima armed with weapons—died at 99 in Los Angeles, publicist Hannah Gottlieb-Graham said. A leading figure in 1960s–70s California art, Saar helped redefine Black female representation and the use of found objects in sculpture.
Artist Theaster Gates will create a large-scale artwork at the Obama Presidential Center featuring a monumental portrait of Black life and women, using archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines to celebrate Black culture and history, emphasizing the importance of archives and cultural memory.
Artist Theaster Gates will create a large-scale artwork at the Obama Presidential Center featuring a monumental portrait of Black life and women, using archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines to celebrate Black culture and history, emphasizing the importance of archives and cultural memory.
Wesley Morris discusses Ryan Coogler's vampire movie 'Sinners' and explores the vampiric threats facing Black art in America, sharing a theory he has been contemplating for weeks with writer Rembert Browne.