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Close-up detail of an abstract painting that features dense and chaotic brushstrokes of pale gray, lavender, and cobalt. — Joan Mitchell, *Sale Neige* (detail), 1980; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © Estate of Joan Mitchell; Photo by Cameron Robinson

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Niki de Saint Phalle In Print

Twenty never-before-exhibited prints from the museum’s collection reveal Saint Phalle’s unique vision of the powers at work in our universe.

A colorful and print features an abstracted landscape crowded with surreal, cartoon-like figures, geometric shapes, and handwritten labels, such as “The Empress,” “The High Priestess,” and “Justice.” The background features waves, patterns, and symbols, all in overlapping vivid colors. — Niki de Saint Phalle, *Tarot Garden*, 1991; Lithograph on paper, 23 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.; NMWA, Gift of the Niki Charitable Art Foundation; © 2024 Niki Charitable Art Foundation; All rights reserved

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Red: A Taste of the Remixed Collection Galleries

NMWA’s new collection installation features thematic galleries such as “Seeing Red,” which explores artists’ rosy, bold, and fiery uses of the color red.

Painting features vertical tile-shaped brushstrokes in various shades of red separated by horizontal white lines. Creating a rhythmic and mosaic-like pattern that resembles stitching, the white lines create stair steps in the lower right corner, separating as they move towards the center. — Alma Woodsey Thomas, *Orion*, 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA

Alma Woodsey Thomas, Orion, 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA

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