Niki De Saint Phalle's Coming Together

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM PDT

Saint Phalle in her first figurative survey museum exhibition "Les Nanas au pouvoir," at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1967)

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Niki De Saint Phalle, a local sculptor, is regarded as the "leading woman artist that has come out of the 20th century." Her sculptors can be found in Balboa Park, Downtown San Diego and more. Celebrate the legacy she and her artwork have left on San Diego, and discover what went into the creation of her piece "Coming Together."

Niki De Saint Phalle, a local sculptor, is regarded as the "leading woman artist that has come out of the 20th century." Her sculptors can be found in Balboa Park, Downtown San Diego and more. Celebrate the legacy she and her artwork have left on San Diego, and discover what went into the creation of her piece Coming Together.

“I call the sculpture 'Coming Together' because that is what we must achieve as individuals and as a city.” Excerpt of Niki de Saint Phalle’s speech for "Coming Together" Dedication Ceremony, read in her absence by Martha Longenecker, 25 October 2001. Source: NCAF Archives

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Artwork by Niki De Saint Phalle:

Niki de Saqint Phalle´s and Jean Tinguely´s "Paradiset," Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

Nana "Gwendolyn" (1966) von Niki de Saint Phalle vor dem Tinguely-Museum in Basel, Schweiz.

Sculpture Budha by Niki de Saint Phalle in Israel.

Niki de Saint Phalle, Nana Mosaïque Noire, 1999, - Schweiz, Graubünden, Chur, (Sammlung Würth)

Niki de Saint Phalle, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

"The Fantastic Paradise" 1966 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm/Sweden

Niki De Saint Phalle's Coming Together

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