'Joie de Vivre' This Summer in Grosseto Province, Italy
We're pleased to announce that the exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle: Joie de Vivre will be on display in three venues this summer in the beautiful Province of Grosseto, Italy.
The solo exhibition of work by Niki de Saint Phalle opened on Sunday 31 May at the Palazzo dell'Abbondanza in Massa Marittima, Italy, and will remain there through 28 June. From 4 July to 19 August 2009, the show will move to the Castello Aldobrandesco di Arcidosso in Amiata, Italy. Finally, Niki de Saint Phalle: Joie de Vivre will be on display at the Fortezza Orsini in Sorano, Italy from 22 August to 27 September 2009.
Niki de Saint Phalle: Mythen – Märchen – Träume
From 27 June through 1 November 2009, the exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle: Mythen – Märchen – Träume (Niki de Saint Phalle: Myths – Fairy Tales – Dreams) will be showing at the Kulturforum Würth in Chur, Switzerland. The show includes work from throughout Niki's life, from early oil paintings through late Native American Totems. Learn more.
'Niki and Friends' in Chur, Switzerland
The town of Chur, Switzerland will also host Niki and Friends, a group of exhibitions presented in various locations between 27 June and 23 August 2009.
Works by Niki de Saint Phalle and her fellow artists will be on display in the Cultural Forum Würth Chur, the Grisons Art Museum, and other galleries and exhibition spaces. Learn more.
Naples, Florida: Niki in 'The Mouse House'
Work by Niki de Saint Phalle is included in The Mouse House: Works from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, now showing at the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida.
The exhibition opened 1 October 2008 and runs through 28 June 2009. Learn more.
Design Award for 'Niki in the Garden' Catalog
The catalog for the Niki in the Garden sculpture exhibition at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory has received a coveted international design award from the visual communication journal Graphis. The catalog, entitled Niki in the Garden: The Extraordinary Scupltures of Niki de Sainte Phalle, was designed by Birkdesign Inc. for the exhibition. Learn more.
Resources for Students and Researchers
The Niki Charitable Art Foundation is rolling out new online resources for researchers, students, and educators, beginning with this detailed roster of individual exhibitions by Niki de Saint Phalle (from 1956 to the present), a list of museum collections worldwide with works by Niki de Saint Phalle, and a selected bibliography. Upcoming additions will include further resources about Niki's life and work, materials designed for use by students and educators, and a guide to offline resources for researchers in the NCAF Archive.
Why did I give up the shooting after only two years? I felt like a drug addict. After a shoot-out I felt completely stoned. I became hooked on this macabre yet joyous ritual.