Explore Art That Puts Females First

by Natasha Wolff | October 26, 2021 11:00 am

Organized in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s at The Menil Collection[1] 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)

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