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Niki de Saint Phalle

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A New Book on Niki de Saint Phalle Presents the Artist In Her Own Words

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford February 28, 2022March 1, 2022

A new book on the artist features selections from Saint Phalle’s prints, doodles, letters, and diaries, arranged in roughly chronological order.

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Niki de Saint Phalle’s Vibrant, Multidimensional Universe

Avatar photo by Johanna Sluiter April 11, 2021April 9, 2021

The contribution of Structures for Life is its ability to move beyond Saint Phalle’s most acclaimed works.

Crowds at the entrance to TEFAF New
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Washing Down the Canon with Wine and Oysters at TEFAF New York

by Margaret Carrigan May 4, 2018

Amid all the works by familiar white male modernists on view at the plush and posh fair, there are many superb pieces by women and artists from Latin America.

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Jean Tinguely’s Clanging, Banging Machine Sculptures

by Joseph Nechvatal September 29, 2016

PARIS — The crepuscular imbroglio at work in Jean Tinguely’s historic machine sculptures, currently on view at Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, is very much of the present moment.

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The Forgotten Artistic Playgrounds of the 20th Century

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 6, 2016June 2, 2022

The Playground Project explores an era of artistic play.

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Falling for Niki de Saint Phalle

by Joseph Nechvatal January 29, 2015January 29, 2015

PARIS — I have never particularly admired French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle’s overly familiar and obvious Nanas (French slang for “broads”) — the gaudy, plump, joyous everywoman figures that made the artist’s case for female affirmation.

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The Darkness Behind Niki de Saint Phalle’s Colorful Beauties

by Eunice Lipton January 26, 2015January 29, 2015

PARIS — Niki de Saint Phalle was half French, half American, and bilingual, but who was she? Certainly not merely the sculptor who made those fat girls, the Nanas, though they remain her most famous works.

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Discovering Niki de Saint Phalle’s Eerie Early Work

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 3, 2014December 4, 2014

MIAMI BEACH — Among the many compelling booths in Art Basel Miami Beach’s new art historical sector “Survey” is a selection of early assemblage works and “shooting paintings” by Niki de Saint Phalle that are gloomy, gooey, violent, and unrecognizable from the colorful whimsy for which she later became known.

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College Student Thwarted by Vagina (Sculpture)

by Jillian Steinhauer June 23, 2014June 26, 2014

As you may have seen on the internet today, an American exchange student “just wanted to take a funny picture” and ended up stuck inside artist Fernando de la Jara’s “Chacán-Pi” (Making Love) sculpture, located on the grounds of the Institute of Microbiology at Tübingen University in Germany.

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Next Stop, Reality: A Sixties Radicalism Revisited

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli October 5, 2013October 8, 2013

Radio Waves: New York “Nouveau Réalisme” and Rauschenberg at Sperone Westwater is a long-overdue exhibition revolving around the enigmatic Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

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The Tombs of Artists: A Last Statement From the Grave

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 1, 2013August 7, 2013

As a last final statement, artists’ tombstones don’t disappoint. From the wildly eccentric to those that incorporate their own creations, the graves of artists are a fascinating reflection of their work.

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