Betye Saar, Trailblazing Artist Who Reclaimed Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99
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.