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Betye Saar at Frac Lorraine: moonlight in the fight – Les Inrocks

Betye Saar at Frac Lorraine moonlight in the fight scaled

African-American artist Betye Saar, born in 1926, a key figure in the Los Angeles art scene and the Black Arts Movement, is presented for the first time in France. Bewitching, his installations are an invitation to become fugitives. At Betye Saar, it’s all about flexibility. This is not post-modern fluidity: some don’t have that luxury. … Read more

Mucem, Frac and Vielle Charité: Ghada Amer in Marseille in a magnificent triptych – Gomet’

by Janet Freeman

Mucem Frac and Vielle Charite Ghada Amer in Marseille in

Works by the Franco-American-Egyptian artist are exhibited for a first retrospective in France in three Marseille museums: the Mucem, which hosts the eastern part, the Frac, which exhibits the feminist part, and the Vieille Charité, which houses its sculptures. The curators of the exhibition and the artist herself welcomed Gomet’ on Thursday for a press … Read more