The Facts
On September 2, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of developments for Los Angeles-based sculptor Liz Larner, headlined by her first institutional solo exhibition in the UK, "A hard line to bend," at Camden Art Centre in London. The show, opening September 11, spans her "Asteroids" series, assemblages made with discarded single-use plastics, and new work created for the space. Larner will discuss the exhibition with novelist Joanna Kavenna at the venue. The release also notes that Larner's 2003 work "1531" is included in "Rhapsody" at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and that her 2019 sculpture "Reef" has entered the Art Institute of Chicago's collection.
The Signal
The cluster of announcements signals sustained institutional interest in Larner, whose experiments with ceramics, plastics, and assemblage connect to contemporary conversations about gender, embodiment, and posthumanism. The Camden exhibition gives UK audiences a first sustained look at a practice that has moved fluidly between sculpture, installation, and material experimentation for decades. For collectors, the Art Institute acquisition and BAMPFA inclusion reinforce Larner's place in institutional narratives, while the catalogues from Kunsthalle Zürich and SculptureCenter/Walker Art Center provide scholarly documentation that often accompanies rising market attention.
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- Artists: Liz Larner
- People: Liz Larner, Joanna Kavenna, Daniel Baumann, Tim Power, Penny Cooper, Rena Rosenwasser
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler, Camden Art Centre
- Museums: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Kunsthalle Zürich, SculptureCenter, Walker Art Center, Art Institute of Chicago
- Locations: London, Berkeley, Zurich, New York, Minneapolis, Chicago
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