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The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art.

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Ringgold's most famous series — American People and Black Light — reflected the racial and gender divisions of the '60s.

Also on view: her quilt paintings and the political posters she created in the '60s for the Black Panthers and activist Angela Davis.


"One of the most influential living American artists, known for her “story quilts” and her ardent activism." — The New York Times

Lower East Side, NYC

February 17 - June 5, 2022

HOURS
Tue-Sun 11AM-6PM

One of the most significant pieces in the exhibition is "For the Women's House," a piece New York City commissioned Ringgold to create in 1972. It hung in Riker's Island until being loaned to the Brooklyn Museum this year — and now the New Museum for this show 