Betye Saar
Betye Saar has been honored as a recipient of the Art Basel Award Medal. The Art Basel Awards are the first global honors dedicated to recognizing and advancing excellence across the contemporary art world — celebrating 36 visionaries spanning the industry whose work is shaping the next generation of cutting-edge artistry. Path-breaking artists, cross-disciplinary creators in fashion, design, music, and performance; curators; institutions; patrons and foundations; writers and journalists; and the specialists behind the scenes, from studio managers to fabricators, are honored in Art Basel’s debut year of its landmark annual award cycle.
Founded on the conviction that the future of art relies not only on artists but also on the ecosystems that sustain them, the Art Basel Awards confer Medals across nine categories – Icon Artists, Established Artists, Emerging Artists, Cross-Disciplinary Creators, Patrons, Institutions, Curators, Allies, and Storytellers – set a new precedent for honoring and strengthening the complex, interwoven networks that power and sustain artistic production today.
"The Art Basel Awards are not a competition, but a beacon. They shine a light on those working with radical vision, skill, and commitment to building communities of practice and exchange." -- Vincenzo de Bellis, Chair, Art Basel Awards and Director of Fairs & Exhibition Platforms, Art Basel