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At 93, Betye Saar Is Finally Achieving Mainstream Art-World Stardom

VISUAL Posted: September 6, 2019 10:04 am

“After a latish start as an artist — she was in her 30s — she made steady initial headway in a male-dominated Black Power movement and a white-dominated feminist movement. And she has held her own in a mainstream art market that has been, until very recently, unwelcoming to African-American art.” Now she has solo shows at flagship museums on both coasts: MoMA and LACMA. Why now? “Because,” she says, “it’s about time!” – The New York Times

VISUAL Published: 09.04.19, sj

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