CURRENT & FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
 

Missouri Botanical Garden Hosts 'Niki in the Garden'

From April 27 through October 31, the Missouri Botanical Garden is hosting "Niki in the Garden," an exhibition of 39 playful, larger-than-life mosaic sculptures in a rainbow of colors and materials. Gathered from around the world and placed throughout the garden, the works on exhibit include Nanas, animals, heroes, and totems, ranging from four to eighteen feet tall and some weighing a ton or more.

In the St. Louis Beacon, journalist Kristen Hare tags along with five-year-old Cavi Wilson and his parents for a preview of "Niki in the Garden," while the St. Louis Post-Dispatch surveys Niki's life and work and offers an audio slideshow narrated by Marcelo Zitelli, trustee of the Niki Charitable Art Foundation.

27 Apr – 31 Oct 2008 · Missouri Botanical Garden · St. Louis, Missouri

 
'Le Jardin des Tarots' in Photos at La Coupole

A stunning exhibition of photos of the Tarot Garden, the extraordinary sculpture garden created by Niki de Saint Phalle in Tuscany between 1978 and 2002, opened Wednesday 16 April at La Coupole in Paris.

"Niki de Saint Phalle: Le Jardin des Tarots" features 37 large-format photographs by Giulio Pietromarchi and Laurent Condominas. The show will be on display at the Parisian landmark through 15 August 2008.

16 Apr – 15 Aug 2008 · La Coupole · Paris, France

 
Niki for Kids at the Musée en Herbe

While La Coupole in Paris is showing photos of Niki de Saint Phalle's Tarot Garden in Tuscany, there's no reason for kids to feel left out. "Les boîtes à secrets de Niki" had its opening Wednesday 16 April at the Musée en Herbe, the beloved children's museum in the Jardin d'Acclimatation of the Bois de Boulogne. The exhibition, presented with the generous support of the Mayor's Office of the City of Paris, will be on display through 2 January 2009. Learn more.

16 Apr 2008 – 2 Jan 2009 · Musée en Herbe · France

 
Niki de Saint Phalle at the Sprengel Museum Hannover

A group exhibition entitled Wunderkammer: Figur und Raum — von Archipenko bis Niki de Saint Phalle, at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany.

8 June – 17 Sept 2008 · Sprengel Museum Hannover · Hannover, Germany

 
 
RECENT EXHIBITIONS

 
Niki de Saint Phalle Retrospective at the Tate Liverpool

The Tate Liverpool presented the first English museum exhibition of the work of Niki de Saint Phalle. "Beautiful, flamboyant, daring, provocative and fiercely independent," said the Tate, "she emerged in the 1960s as a powerful and original figure in the highly masculine international arts world." The exhibition, which ran from 1 February to 5 May 2008, included her acclaimed shooting paintings and larger sculptural works.

1 Feb – 5 May 2008 · Tate Liverpool · Liverpool, England

 
Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution

Work by Niki de Saint Phalle is included in WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, the first comprehensive, historical exhibition to examine the international foundations and legacy of feminist art.

The touring exhibition, organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MoCA), opened on 17 February 2008 at New York City's internationally renowned P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, a museum devoted solely to contemporary art and affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It ran through 12 May 2008.

The show continues to the Vancouver Art Gallery in British Columbia, where it will be on display from 4 October 2008 to 18 January 2009.

17 Feb – 31 May 2008 · P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center · Long Island City, New York

4 Oct 2008 – 18 Jan 2009 · Vancouver Art Gallery · Vancouver, British Columbia

 
Niki's 'Louis Armstrong' in Florida

The Sarasota Season of Sculpture presented Louis Armstrong, a large-scale sculpture of the legendary musician by Niki de Saint Phalle. The towering sculpture, which was installed on the grounds of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art between the historic Cà d'Zan Gatehouse and the main entrance to the John M. McKay Visitors Pavilion, was on display from 9 November 2007 through 26 May 2008.

11 Nov 2007 – 26 May 2008 · Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Ringling Museum of Art · Sarasota, Florida

 
Niki de Saint Phalle: A Spiritual Path

The installation Niki de Saint Phalle: A Spiritual Path was on display at the museum of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, from 10 November 2007 through 27 January 2008.

10 Nov 2007 – 27 Jan 2008 · California Center for the Arts · Escondido, California

 
Niki & Jean: Kunst und Liebe

Niki & Jean: Kunst und Liebe ran from 30 September 2007 to 6 January 2008 at the Ulmer Museum in Ulm, Germany. The exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, the Museum Tinguely in Basel, and the Niki Charitable Art Foundation.

30 Sep 2007 – 6 Jan 2008 · Ulmer Museum · Ulm, Germany

 
Chicago: 'Niki in the Garden'

From the exhibition web site:

"Featuring over 30 extraordinarily colorful and whimsical outdoor sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle, this spectacular exhibition will grace the breathtaking Garfield Park Conservatory inside and out. Bejeweled with mosaics, stones, glass, mirrors and semi-precious materials, the pieces displayed include animals, mythical figures, sports and music heroes, and of course, Nanas."

See kindergartener Sara Jacobs' video tour of two of the sculptures at the Garfield Park Conservatory exhibition.

4 May – 31 Oct 2007 · Garfield Park Conservatory · Chicago, Illinois