Betye Saar, Picasso, BlackStar

Hyperallergic’s “Betye Saar, Picasso, BlackStar,” introduced by editor-in-chief Hakim Bishara, highlights several art-world stories including a little-known account of a stolen Pablo Picasso work that once belonged to the Guggenheim Museum, a leadership change at Zeitz MOCAA, and the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck. The article also spotlights an exhibition at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles marking Betye Saar’s 100th birthday, focusing on her early professional work and a lesser-known aspect of her practice: costume design. The show includes more than 200 archival objects spanning costume design, dance, photography, drawing, jewelry, garments, greeting cards, and album covers, and it notes Saar’s decades-long engagement with the Black American experience before her death last month. It additionally mentions the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s announcement of recipients for its 2026 Fellowships for US visual artists.

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