Organized in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s at The Menil Collection in Houston highlights Saint Phalle’s forward-thinking, feminist artworks from European collections. These pieces, on view through January 23, including her shooting paintings that represented a feminist assault on the tradition of modern painting.
Niki de Saint Phalle’s “Lili ou Tony” (1965)
Visitors can also see her early “Nana” sculptures, which served as a vehicle for the artist to explore women’s freedom and gender identity through the liberated female form.
Main image: Niki de Saint Phalle’s “Photo de la Hon repeinte” (1979)
