Lynda Benglis
Encounters: Giacometti
12 February—31 May 2026
Barbican Centre, London, UK
Lynda Benglis presents a new 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, playful and visceral, organic and abstract. Alberto Giacometti is one of the most significant European sculptors of the 20th century, known for his distinctive, elongated sculptures which experiment with the human form.
This is the third of three exhibitions as part of Encounters: Giacometti, a series that brings together the practices of three contemporary artists known for their originality and ingenuity alongside historic works by the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). The first exhibition opened in May 2025 and brought Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures to the fore.