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Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis
12 February 2026 — 31 May 2026
On NowBenglis's free, visceral organic forms — ecstatic and playful since the 1960s — are shown alongside the elongated, existentially sparse figures of Giacometti in this third Encounters pairing. It is the first time the two bodies of work have been placed in direct conversation across generations.
From Barbican Art Gallery
Works by contemporary artist Lynda Benglis and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are displayed together for the first time in this major new exhibition, the third in Encounters: Giacometti. Lynda Benglis presents a body of previously unseen works alongside her own selection of Alberto Giacometti's sculptures, opening up connections and dialogues across generations. Since the 1960s, US artist Benglis has been celebrated for the free, ecstatic forms she has made that are at once,...
Read more at Barbican Art Gallery →About the Artist
Emmy Andriesse, 1940s
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss · 1901–1966
Sculpture, Drawing & Works on Paper, Painting
Giacometti's elongated bronze figures — reduced to trembling silhouettes — convey the existential isolation of the human figure in space with an immediacy no description quite captures.
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Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday ·11am–7pm
© Barbican Art Gallery
Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis
12 February 2026 — 31 May 2026
On NowBenglis's free, visceral organic forms — ecstatic and playful since the 1960s — are shown alongside the elongated, existentially sparse figures of Giacometti in this third Encounters pairing. It is the first time the two bodies of work have been placed in direct conversation across generations.
From Barbican Art Gallery
Works by contemporary artist Lynda Benglis and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are displayed together for the first time in this major new exhibition, the third in Encounters: Giacometti. Lynda Benglis presents a body of previously unseen works alongside her own selection of Alberto Giacometti's sculptures, opening up connections and dialogues across generations. Since the 1960s, US artist Benglis has been celebrated for the free, ecstatic forms she has made that are at once,...
Read more at Barbican Art Gallery →About the Artist
Emmy Andriesse, 1940s
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss · 1901–1966
Sculpture, Drawing & Works on Paper, Painting
Giacometti's elongated bronze figures — reduced to trembling silhouettes — convey the existential isolation of the human figure in space with an immediacy no description quite captures.
Critic Reviews
No reviews yet for this exhibition.
Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday ·11am–7pm