Death and Legacy
Ng died on September 6, 1991 from AIDS related complications. He was 55.
A 100 by 16 foot mural by Ng graces the concourse level of the Orinda BART station in Contra Costa County, California.
His artwork is in the collections of the Smithsonian, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the De Young Museum.
In April 2005 the Chinese Historical Society of America in collaboration with the Queer Cultural Center held a retrospective of Ng's work under the title of "The Art of Win Ng" as part of the National Queer Arts Festival 2005.
Ng's is represented posthumously by the Braunstein/Quay Gallery in San Francisco.
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