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Elizabeth Bishop’s Other Art William Benton This year is the centenary of the birth of Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, and several new collections of her prose, poems, and correspondence have been published to commemorate it. Her work is a widely recognized force in American poetry. Far less known is that Bishop was also an accomplished artist. March 9, 2011 Collection of Loren MacIver Elizabeth Bishop: Daisies in Paintbucket . Watercolor and gouache, 10½ x 9½ inches. Used as the jacket illustration for One Art: Letters . The lyrical, semi-abstract array of flowers–in short strokes and freely drawn delicate lines–fans out over the paint bucket, which is placed dead center and as far front as possible. It has the aplomb of a masterpiece. This year is the centenary of the birth of Elizabeth Bishop, one of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, and several new collections of her prose, poems, and correspondence have been published to comm...

  Obituary | From junk to art Betye Saar believed thrown-out objects should have a second life The assemblage artist who challenged black stereotypes died on July 22nd, aged 99 Save Share Photograph: Getty Images Aug 6th 2026 | 5 min read Listen to this story O bjects spoke to Betye Saar. As she browsed through yard sales and flea markets, something would catch her eye and ask to be used. A broken necklace, say, or a rusty dagger. An off-cut of wood, a remnant of coloured cloth, even a circuit board. A chipped ceramic of a cat, or a bundle of postcards. “Mother wit” would lead her to them. These things were not simply dead and discarded. They held the spirit of their previous owner, and had power. They would say, “You can make art with this.” So she did. She had always been that way. Growing up in Watts, then separate from Los Angeles, she liked to hunt in the yard to find coloured beads, paper scraps or toys left behind. If she kept them tidily, her mother would not throw them a...