Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist Alison Saar at home in Laurel Canyon. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) One of the most searing artistic experiences ...

The Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar has been selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the City of Paris to create a new public artwork for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The ...

Alison Saar has been making art her whole life. “I say it was kind of like my first language,” she tells Hyperallergic. Raised by artists Richard and Betye Saar, she and her sisters “were always ...

The opening of the Paris Olympics last week also marked the unveiling of a new public artwork by American artist Alison Saar in the Charles-Aznavour Garden on the city’s famed Avenue des ...

Saar says the nude in her 2019 sculpture Set to Simmer has a message for the viewer: "If you want to look at me, don't just give me a sideways... 'She's Challenging You': Alison Saar's Sculptures ...

Alison Saar’s sculptures of Black women are like sentinels. Standing or enthroned, their job is to keep watch. And in some uncommonly disconcerting instances, to be on the lookout while suspended from ...

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has announced Alison Saar as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious David C. Driskell Prize. Now in its 20th year, the $50,000 award honors Saar for her profound ...

One compelling example is the “Copacetic Suite,” depicting musicians, neighborhood figures and historic places around Harlem, which came out of a commission for the Metro-North Railroad’s 125th Street ...

Maybe you’ve been busy this month. Too busy to get a massage, take a beach day, or visit an art gallery. February is the shortest month. Life, work, and travel all get in the way. And there are never ...

One of the most searing artistic experiences I’ve ever had came courtesy of Alison Saar in 2017. The Los Angeles artist was part of a group show of Black female sculptors titled “Signifying Form” at ...