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Giacometti x Lynda Benglis

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Lynda Benglis standing next to one her sculpture titled Ghost Dance/Pedmarks. It is a large, gold, torso-like form hanging on a white wall.

© Jonathan Pow

Be among the first to visit our latest exhibition in our intimate new gallery space, as Alberto Giacometti's sculptures are met by new works by contemporary artist Lynda Benglis.

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.

Benglis presents previously unseen works alongside her own selection of 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's made that are at once, playful and visceral, organic and abstract. 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.

Visitors will have a fifteen-minute timeslot to enjoy the exhibition. We ask you to arrive on time and leave the space when your slot is up. Last entry is 7.45pm.

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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).

Co-organised by the Barbican and the Fondation Giacometti
In partnership with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi

The Encounters: Giacometti series is generously supported by Blanca and Sunil Hirani, Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund held at The Prism Charitable Trust, and Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, with additional support from the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.
Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis is generously supported by Pace Gallery with additional support from Thomas Dane Gallery.

The words Fondation-Giacometti in black, all caps text. Underneath is a rectangular graphic depicting an form resembling the Walking Man sculpture.
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The Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Logo. On the left, the words Art Mentor are in a bold, black font. To the right, Foundation Lucerne is in a lighter font.

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Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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