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Contemporary Sculpture Dances Down New York Avenue
Posted: March 15, 2010
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for large scale sculptures and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
Three abstract outdoor sculptures of voluptuous figures covered in bright patterns and dancing with outstretched arms.

Now Open! Pomp and Power: Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella’s “Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua”
Posted: February 2, 2010
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn more about artist Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella, whose work Plate 1 from "L'Entree de l'Empereur Sigismond a Mantoue" (1675) is featured in the NMWA collection.
A black-and-white, horizontal print depicts multiple Roman-style male figures on horseback. They hold weapons or brass musical instruments and process, somewhat chaotically, towards the viewer's right.