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Artist Betye Saar, who used repurposed objects to reclaim identity, has died at 99

Betye Saar at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in November 2025.

Saar told NPR in 2006, "I'm the kind of person who recycles materials, but I also recycle emotions and feelings." She died days away from her 100th birthday.

(Image credit: Frazer Harrison)

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