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short biography
Betye Saar (b. 1926, Los Angeles) uses found objects and everyday objects from her immediate surroundings for her poetic installations, assemblages, collages, and sculptures that reflect on Black identity and examine the history of racism in the United States.
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collection/s
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
ICA Miami
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge / MA °
Palmer Museum of Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
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25. Feb 18. JunBetye Saar. Serious Moonlight Kunstmuseum Luzern
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11. Oct 22. Jan 2023Joan Didion: What She Means The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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28. Oct 17. Apr 2022Betye Saar: Serious Moonlight ICA Miami
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01. Jun 12. SepBetye Saar Museum Ludwig Köln
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13. Apr 28. JulStraying from the Line Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin
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17. Feb 27. MayWe Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
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21. Apr 17. SepWe Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 Brooklyn Museum
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15. Sep 08. Jan 2017Betye Saar. Uneasy Dancer Fondazione Prada, Milan
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28. Jun 15. NovBetye Saar. Still Tickin' Museum het Domein, Sittard
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01. May 27. SepAmerica Is Hard to See Whitney Museum, New York
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06. Mar 09. MarThe Armory Show 2014 Armory Show New York
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21. Oct 11. Mar 2013Now dig this! MoMA PS1, Long Island City
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15. Mar 10. JunPacific Standard Time: Kunst in Los Angeles Gropius Bau, Berlin
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01. Oct 05. Feb 2012Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture The Getty, Los Angeles
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06. Nov 15. Jan 2011Betye Saar. Cage Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
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28. Sep 11. DecHuckleberry Finn CCA Wattis, San Francisco
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15. Nov 03. May 2010MOCAs First Thirty Years MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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20. Feb 24. MayNeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith Miami Art Museum (closed)
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19. Oct 26. Jan 2009NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith MoMA PS1, Long Island City
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27. Jun 21. SepNeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith Menil Collection, Houston
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25. Apr 28. JunArtist as Social Critic Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland
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19. Aug 30. MarSoCal LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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27. Jan 29. AprBetye Saar. Extending the Frozen Moment Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
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15. Jul 10. DecBetye Saar. Extending the Frozen Moment Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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05. Apr 02. JulEnergy / Experimentation The The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
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18. Mar 04. JunBetye Saar Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
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15. Oct 08. Jan 2006Betye Saar. Extending the Frozen Moment UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
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07. Jun 04. SepBack to Black Whitechapel Gallery, London
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10. Dec 30. Nov 2005INCOGNITO 2005 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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30. Aug 02. NovSome Assembly Required Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland
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07. Jun 17. AugSome Assembly Required MMoCA Madison
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01. Feb 07. AprBlack is a Color Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington
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31. May 08. SepThe Belles of Amherst - Contemporary Women Artists University Gallery Amherst
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10. Sep 31. OctBetye Saar. Workers + Warriors Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
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05. May 12. JunBetye Saar Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles