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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...

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Harry 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),...

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“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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