Jenny Holzer, first solo exhibition in Portugal with Wrong Answers
Published on 08/26/2026 at 15:56 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Jenny Holzer marks a new geographic milestone with her first solo exhibition in Portugal. The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto presents the show Wrong Answers, running from June 18 to November 1, 2026, as outlined in the museum's summer program announcement and an e-flux notice on July 29, 2026.
The Porto exhibition Wrong Answers
The exhibition Wrong Answers at Fundação de Serralves brings together works from across Jenny Holzer's career, spanning media from LED signs and projections to engraved metal and posters, in both the museum galleries and its extensive park.
According to the Serralves summer program and detailed coverage on Designboom, the show is curated by museum director Philippe Vergne and remains on view from June 18 to November 1, 2026, positioning it as a key institutional presentation of Holzer's work in Europe this year.
New collaborations and language politics
Beyond historic pieces, Wrong Answers introduces two new collaborative works with Porto-based graffiti artist Kilos, who reinterprets Holzer's Truisms posters and integrates her texts across gallery walls, extending her long-standing interest in public language into local street-art discourse.
Reports in Hypebeast's English and Korean editions stress how the exhibition focuses on language's role in shaping freedom, democracy and power, with Holzer's texts staged as confrontational, luminous presences within the museum and its gardens.
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The work core between museum and public space
Jenny Holzer came to prominence in the late 1970s with text cycles such as Truisms and Inflammatory Essays, initially pasted anonymously on city streets before moving into light projections, electronic signs and architectural interventions in major institutions.
Her practice consistently relocates language from the page into shared spaces, from Times Square billboards to museum facades, with recent projects including the drone and projection work SONG over Doha's Museum of Islamic Art for Art Basel Qatar's Special Projects program in early 2026.
Current status and Porto timeline
Jenny Holzer's exhibition Wrong Answers remains on view at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto from June 18 to November 1, 2026, placing the show squarely within the present European museum calendar.
Jenny Holzer at a glance
- Artist: Jenny Holzer
- Medium / Genre: Conceptual art, text-based installation and public projection
- Born: 1950, Gallipolis, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Studio practice primarily in the United States with international institutional projects
- Active since: Late 1970s, with early anonymous street texts in New York
- Key work groups: Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, Survival Series, Protect Protect
- Current/last exhibition: Wrong Answers, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, June 18 – November 1, 2026
- Major collections: MoMA (New York), Guggenheim Museum (New York), Tate (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Nationalgalerie (Berlin)
- Awards: Golden Lion for best pavilion at the 44th Venice Biennale (1990), Praemium Imperiale for painting (2024)
- Next date: June 18 – November 1, 2026, Wrong Answers, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
Frequently asked questions about Jenny Holzer
Where is Jenny Holzer currently on view?
Jenny Holzer's first solo exhibition in Portugal, Wrong Answers, is on view at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto from June 18 to November 1, 2026.
What defines the focus of the exhibition Wrong Answers?
The exhibition focuses on language, power and politics, presenting historic and new works that highlight how text shapes public life, including collaborations with Porto graffiti artist Kilos within the museum's galleries and garden spaces.
How does Jenny Holzer connect museum work and public interventions?
Holzer's practice extends from street posters and LED signs to projections on institutional facades and outdoor environments, as seen in projects like the Porto exhibition Wrong Answers and the 2026 light-and-drone work SONG in Doha.
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