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American artist Betye Saar, photographed by Michele Mattei, 2012.

#BetyeSaar #Photography #Contemporaryart
July 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
perfectreject.bsky.social
#BetyeSaar #artist at #huntingtonlibrary
November 25, 2024 at 1:35 AM
adaspota.bsky.social
American artist Betye Saar, a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.

Nine Mojo Secrets (1971)

#BetyeSaar #Contemporaryart #Assemblage #Printmaking
July 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
beancurling.bsky.social
I hear about every celebrity death almost instantly here.
Nobody told me one of my favorite artists passed away last month...four days shy of turning 100 years old.
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Betye Saar’s “Black Girl’s Window,” 1969.
August 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
fuckcancer56.bsky.social
#BetyeSaar #BlackWomen
July 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
producestories.bsky.social
Rest in Power Betye Saar 7.30.1926 - 7.26.2026 . . . In Gratitude. #artist #assemblage #betyesaar
July 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
adaspota.bsky.social
American artist Betye Saar, a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s which engaged myths and stereotypes about race and femininity.

Return to Dreamtime, 1990
(color intaglio - screenprint)

#BetyeSaar #Contemporaryart #Assemblage #Printmaking
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
jstheater.bsky.social
The incomparable, groundbreaking artist #BetyeSaar has passed, at 99:

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
mjfromla.bsky.social
Our sista tells her story...
#BetyeSaar
Betye Saar Oral History
YouTube video by Getty Research Institute
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July 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
riodylan.bsky.social
Betye Saar, Black Girl's Window, 1969

#art #painting #BetyeSaar
A salvaged weathered wooden window frame isolates and surrounds a series of nine small vignettes in the upper half of the composition. Under depictions of stars and phases of the moon are a phrenological chart, a representation of Leo (Saar’s astrological sign), a daguerreotype, and, in the center, a pair of skeletons
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
alwca.bsky.social
Betye Irene Saar, 1926, is renowned for her assemblage work, visual storytelling, and printmaking. As part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, Saar's political art challenged negative stereotypes and racism towards African Americans.
#BetyeSaar #africanamericanartists
February 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
theycallmelindsey.bsky.social
Artists I like/adore/respect:

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#JodieComer
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#Picasso
#BetyeSaar
#NatashaLyonne
#Vangogh
#JeanMichelBasquiat
#JoanMiro
#hilmaafklint
#QuentinTarantino

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#art
#music
January 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
stellajonesauthor.bsky.social
Black History Month
❤️🖤💚
Day 12
#booksky #BlackBookSky #booktok #bookworm #TBRList #BlackHistoryMonth #books
#BlackArtMovement #Art #ArtHistory #BetyeSaar #assemblageart #artist
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February 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
soukieg.bsky.social
Three days short of her 100th birthday. Loved her work. May Betye Saar Rest In Creativity. #BetyeSaar
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
hotrodwidow.bsky.social
Omg she is 99!!! And she has an insta!! @betyesaar
July 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
ferl67.bsky.social
Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, dies at 99

apnews.com/article/bety...

#California #Obituary #Artist #BetyeSaar
Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, dies at 99
Artist Betye Saar has died in Los Angeles at 99. Saar’s death on Sunday was confirmed by relatives Monday. She would have turned 100 this week.
apnews.com
July 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
nyamnews.bsky.social
Artist Betye Saar, best known for "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima" and decades of transformative assemblage art, has died at 99. #BetyeSaar
Betye Saar, a brilliant artist of transformative assemblages, passes at 99
Reflecting on the iconic legacy of Betye Saar, who passed away at 99, and how her artistic vision continues to shape generations.
amsterdamnews.com
August 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
judith00017.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a... #art #assemblage #BetyeSaar
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
artsychica.bsky.social
RIP #BetyeSaar
#Art
#BlackArt
#BlackArtists

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, dies at 99
A central figure of the 1960s Black Art Movement, Saar pioneered assemblage boxes and reclaimed Jim Crow-era memorabilia as powerful totems of Black liberation.
www.nbcnews.com
July 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
mjfromla.bsky.social
Every exhibition of hers I've seen was on point. She was a hellva artist...
#BetyeSaar
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99
Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
abamber.bsky.social
Artist Betye Saar died yesterday at the age of 99. I made this #illustration of her for a class taught by Tamisha Anthony & Lilla Rogers. #RIP #BetyeSaar

Read about her in this
#giftarticle

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...
Illustration of artist Betye Saar by Adrianna Bamber.
July 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
picturethispost.com
Artist Betye Saar's Doll Collection exhibit at NY Historical Society speaks to the realities of our shared history-- that others want to whitewash. Click the link to read the preview in the Museums section of Picture This Post

#BetyeSaar #NYHistorical #RobertsProjects #BlackLivesMatter #NYCMuseums
NY Historical Society BETYE SAAR’S BLACK DOLLS - Picture Postcard
So much to savor at the New York Historical Society... With engaging movies about New York narrated by the likes of famed actress Meryl Streep, or detailed ori
www.picturethispost.com
July 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
🕊🎨🌹RIP #BetyeSaar

The African American artist best known for her #assemblages alchemizing race, magic, and memory, died peacefully in her sleep yesterday morning, four days shy of her 100th birthday.

#Art

news.artnet.com/art-world/be...
Betye Saar, Trailblazing Assemblage Artist, Dies at 99
Betye Saar, the 99 year old artist who firmly rooted assemblage and American politics within art, died at home in LA this week.
news.artnet.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
bbooked.bsky.social
#BetyeSaar 💫 Story teller. Artist.
#BlackArtsMovement
July 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM
kwadwodeterville.bsky.social
Betye Irene Saar (née Brown; July 30, 1926 – July 26, 2026) This grand dame joined the ancestors just 4 days before her 100th birthday. May she rest with the honored ancestors. #Art #BetyeSaar
Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac, has died
Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies, and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage that mined th...
www.latimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 7:12 AM