Betye Saar

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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5 Fast Facts: Betye Saar
Posted: October 18, 2016
Category: Betye Saar
Impress your friends with five fast facts about American assemblage artist Betye Saar, whose work is in NMWA’s collection.
A black left hand with bright red nails and a red bracelet in a red wooden frame. It sits atop a black and red patterned background, fingers pointing toward a black medallion with an eye and other details. The red frame is surrounded by black and sits within a larger red frame.

5 Fast Facts: Alison Saar
Posted: September 22, 2016
Category: Betye Saar
Impress your friends with five fast facts about sculptor and printmaker Alison Saar, whose work is on view in Alison Saar In Print through October 2, 2016.
Lithograph print on a blue background portrays a nude woman laying horizontally across the length of the paper. In place of hair, a bottle tree appears to sprout from the figure’s head.

Opening Tomorrow: Alison Saar In Print
Posted: June 9, 2016
Category: Betye Saar
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: May 6, 2016
Posted: May 6, 2016
Category: Betye Saar
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: December 11, 2015
Posted: December 11, 2015
Category: Betye Saar
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Fabulous! Portraits by Michele Mattei: Betye Saar
Posted: October 25, 2012
Category: Betye Saar
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.