The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

Artist Betye Saar been ignored a long time, now getting her due

By artappraiser on Mon, 05/20/2019 - 9:09pm |

She's now 92, started working in assemblage in the late 60's, influenced by Joseph Cornell's assemblage work and Watts Tower...

An exhibition of Betye Saar’s washboard assemblages – an Apollo art diary pick – closes in New York next Monday https://t.co/iUFaULVXsL

— Apollo Magazine (@Apollo_magazine) May 21, 2019

Sometimes all the revisionism going on in the history of the arts is a good thing, like here.

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