Jenny Holzer, Wrong Answers anchors a summer museum season
Published on 08/24/2026 at 15:19 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Jenny Holzer opens her expansive solo exhibition Wrong Answers at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto. As the Serralves Foundation states, the show runs from June 18 to November 1, 2026 and marks Holzer’s first solo exhibition in Portugal.ArtDaily coverage of Serralves exhibition
Holzer’s summer at Serralves
Wrong Answers at Serralves traces Jenny Holzer’s practice from early text series such as Truisms and Inflammatory Essays to carved stone benches, sarcophagi, LED signs and painted works.ArtDaily description of Wrong Answers Curated by Philippe Vergne, the exhibition occupies the Serralves Museum and surrounding grounds, foregrounding text in multiple materials.
The museum’s summer program positions Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers alongside shows dedicated to historical memory and human identity, underlining the political force of her language-based art.Serralves summer 2026 programme For visitors in Porto, Holzer’s work is present across galleries and outdoor spaces through November 1, 2026.
Exhibitions across three continents
Beyond Portugal, Holzer’s work appears in the thematic exhibition We, Such Fragile Beings at Podo Museum on Jeju Island, which runs until August 8, 2026 and explores conflict and empathy through international contemporary positions.Podo Museum exhibition overview Here she presents engraved lead and copper plates using texts drawn from politically polarized social media.
In North America, Holzer is part of En/Lighten: Material and Metaphor at the Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, a group exhibition listed as running from August 19, 2026 to June 6, 2027, and in Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art at the Castellani Art Museum in Niagara, New York, on view from April 22, 2026 to January 9, 2028.MutualArt exhibition listing These shows highlight her role in the history of conceptual and digital text art.
All news and background on Jenny Holzer
For more reports on Jenny Holzer’s exhibitions, museum projects and public commissions, the AD HOC NEWS archive offers further context on her language-driven practice.
The core of Holzer’s practice
Jenny Holzer is known for text-based installations that probe power, censorship and the circulation of information. From posters and LED signs to engraved stone and metal, her works place language in public and institutional spaces, inviting viewers to read, question and physically experience words.
Key work groups such as Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, Survival and later LED and projection pieces have entered leading museum collections, including MoMA, Tate and the Guggenheim. The current focus on Wrong Answers at Serralves expands this trajectory into questions of miscommunication, state secrecy and archival violence.
Where Jenny Holzer stands now
Jenny Holzer’s major solo exhibition Wrong Answers remains on view at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto through November 1, 2026, framing her current institutional presence within a broader summer program focused on language and memory.
Key facts on Jenny Holzer
- Artist: Jenny Holzer
- Medium / Genre: Conceptual art, text-based installation
- Born: 1950, Gallipolis, United States
- Place(s) of practice: Studio practice based primarily in New York and internationally through commissions
- Active since: Late 1970s, with early text works appearing in public space
- Key work groups: Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, Survival, Lustmord
- Current/last exhibition: Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, June 18 – November 1, 2026
- Major collections: Museum of Modern Art (New York), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Tate (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris)
- Awards: Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1990), Kaiserring of Goslar (1997)
- Next date: Solo exhibition Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, on view until November 1, 2026
Frequently asked questions about Jenny Holzer
Where can Jenny Holzer’s exhibition Wrong Answers be seen in 2026?
The solo exhibition Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers is on view at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal, from June 18 to November 1, 2026, as confirmed by the Serralves program.
Is Jenny Holzer part of other exhibitions in 2026?
Yes, her work appears in the group show We, Such Fragile Beings at Podo Museum on Jeju Island, running through August 8, 2026, and in North American group exhibitions such as En/Lighten: Material and Metaphor and Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art.
What themes does Jenny Holzer address in Wrong Answers?
At Serralves, Holzer’s works engage with miscommunication, censorship, the violence of suppressed information and the politics of language, drawing on early text series and later sculptural and installation formats to scrutinize how power circulates through words.
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