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Niki De Saint Phalle

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5 Fast Facts: Female Figures
Posted: July 9, 2026
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
Impress your friends with five fast facts about NMWA collection artists who celebrate the power, beauty, and complexity of the female body.
In front of a stormy ocean, a woman with light skin and blonde, wind-blown hair stands with head turned in profile and eyes closed.

5 Fast Facts: International Day of Play
Posted: June 11, 2026
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
June 11 is International Day of Play. Learn about NMWA collection artists whose personal stories and artworks remind us to take time to play!
A metal tin with a colorful jigsaw puzzle inside is open on a white surface. The tin's lid displays an illustration of a woman with long hair and a blue top, labeled "ART." Some puzzle pieces are scattered outside the tin.

Niki de Saint Phalle In Print
Posted: October 23, 2025
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
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.

Art Fix Friday: July 22, 2016
Posted: July 22, 2016
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: April 15, 2016
Posted: April 15, 2016
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Feminism and Daring: Cataloguing Niki de Saint Phalle
Posted: October 29, 2015
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
Saint Phalle may be best known for exuberant mosaic sculptures known as her “Nanas,” several of which were showcased as the inaugural works in NMWA’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project....

Art Fix Friday: September 18, 2015
Posted: September 18, 2015
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Niki de Saint Phalle: Her Work
Posted: April 5, 2010
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for sculptures of nanas and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.

Niki de Saint Phalle: Her Life
Posted: March 25, 2010
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for sculptures of nanas and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
A white clay sculpture that depicts the headless pregnant body of a woman with her arms extended out. Her belly and breast are painted in a multi-colored pattern.

Contemporary Sculpture Dances Down New York Avenue
Posted: March 15, 2010
Category: Niki De Saint Phalle
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.