The Ordinary Becomes Mystical: A Conversation with Betye Saar
On a Sunday, you might find artist Betye Saar at the Pasadena College flea market, scouting for treasures. The energetic 85-year-old is still an active hunter of offbeat and unusual objects, which she...
View ArticleHarry Smith’s Archives and Collections Now at the Getty Research Institute
Harry Smith at Allen Ginsberg’s Kitchen Table, New York City, 16 June 1988, 1988, Allen Ginsberg. © Allen Ginsberg LLC The Getty Research Institute has acquired the archive of Harry Smith (1923–1991),...
View Article“An Object Called Art”
L.A.’s Watts Towers are a reminder not only of the remarkable man who made them, but of the creative life in all of us Watts Towers have a near-mythic origin story. Built by one man—using only his two...
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