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Bettina Grossman Exhibition Opens at Glasgow, Documentary Sparks Revival

6/12/2026

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Bettina Exhibition Opens

The exhibition “Bettina: Finite Structures” opened at Cento as part of the Glasgow International festival, showcasing works by artist Bettina Grossman.
Grossman died in 2021 at age 94, two months after a MoMA PS1 showing.
Filmmaker Corinne van der Borch’s documentary “Girl with Black Balloons” revived interest in Grossman’s work.
Artist Yto Barrada, editor of the 2022 book “Bettina,” now serves as executor of Grossman’s estate and leads archive cataloguing.

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Bettina Rebirth

The 1966 fire destroyed Bettina’s Brooklyn Heights studio, erasing her European-period work, possessions and cat.
After the fire she left commercial design and began marble egg sculptures that symbolize rebirth.
She cited Russian philosopher Peter Ouspensky, describing an “invisible web of relations” as a fourth dimension.
Her post-fire work turned theoretical, diagrammatic and mystically infused, showing a shift toward “conjuring into being” unseen phenomena.

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Bettina Exhibition Opens

The exhibition “Bettina: Finite Structures” opened at Cento as part of the Glasgow International festival, showcasing works by artist Bettina Grossman.
Grossman died in 2021 at age 94, two months after a MoMA PS1 showing.
Filmmaker Corinne van der Borch’s documentary “Girl with Black Balloons” revived interest in Grossman’s work.
Artist Yto Barrada, editor of the 2022 book “Bettina,” now serves as executor of Grossman’s estate and leads archive cataloguing.

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