Sophie Calle and the exhibition arc of Something Missing?
Published on 08/24/2026 at 11:23 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Sophie Calle has turned the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s West Wing into a layered meditation on absence and memory. The expansive exhibition Something Missing? runs in Humlebæk from March 26 to September 6, 2026, as the museum and several reviews underline. Louisiana exhibition page
The Louisiana solo exhibition
The Louisiana Museum describes Something Missing? as a collaboration with Sophie Calle that assembles seven major series and more than 300 individual works, including photographs, texts and videos, across the entire West Wing. Louisiana exhibition page
An in-depth review highlights that the show spans nearly forty years of Calle’s practice, from 1986 to 2024, and brings in series such as Picassos in Lockdown alongside works circling her own mortality. The emphasis lies on how love, longing and loss structure the narratives. Overstandard.dk feature
Exhibition & show arc
The Orange County Museum of Art’s exhibition Sophie Calle: Overshare, on view from January 31 to May 24, 2026, demonstrates how the North American survey complements the Scandinavian show by foregrounding Calle’s long engagement with public and private narratives. OCMA exhibition page
The survey at OCMA, organized by the Walker Art Center, gathers work from the 1970s to the present and divides the material into sections such as the Spy and the Protagonist, echoing the role-play and narrative shifts that also underpin the series grouped in Something Missing?. These institutional frames make 2026 a particularly dense exhibition year for Calle.
All news and background on Sophie Calle
Further reports on Sophie Calle’s exhibitions and institutional projects can be found in the AD HOC NEWS archive, from museum surveys to upcoming European presentations.
The work core in recent shows
Across Something Missing? and Overshare, Sophie Calle’s practice appears as a structured exploration of intimacy, surveillance and testimony through photography, text and installation. The Louisiana presentation stresses the scale of this exploration by occupying the full West Wing with interconnected narratives.
At OCMA, the curatorial framing around themes such as oversharing and lived experience highlights how Calle anticipated social media’s modes of self-presentation, while simultaneously questioning who controls the story and who has the right to look.
Current state of the work
Against this backdrop, Sophie Calle’s 2026 exhibition cycle positions her as a central figure in institutional reflections on autobiography and absence, with Something Missing? at Louisiana running through September 6, 2026 and Overshare at OCMA completed in late May 2026.
Key facts on Sophie Calle
- Artist: Sophie Calle
- Medium / Genre: Photography, text and installation (conceptual art)
- Born: 1953, Paris, France
- Place(s) of practice: Primarily Paris, with extensive international exhibition activity
- Active since: Late 1970s, with early projects involving following strangers and documenting their lives
- Key work groups: The Hotel, The Blind, Take Care of Yourself, Picassos in Lockdown
- Current/last exhibition: Something Missing?, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, March 26 – September 6, 2026
- Major collections: Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tate (London), National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa)
- Awards: Various honors including major biennial participations; widely recognized in contemporary art discourse
- Next date: No announced date within the immediate 30-day window beyond the ongoing Louisiana run ending September 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions about Sophie Calle
Where can Sophie Calle be seen in a major museum exhibition in 2026?
In 2026, a large solo exhibition titled Something Missing? presents seven major series and more than 300 works by Sophie Calle at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, running from March 26 to September 6.
What is the focus of Sophie Calle’s exhibition Overshare at the Orange County Museum of Art?
Sophie Calle: Overshare at OCMA, on view from January 31 to May 24, 2026, surveys five decades of her work and examines how her projects anticipate social media’s negotiation of public and private experience.
How do the exhibitions Something Missing? and Overshare relate to Sophie Calle’s broader practice?
Together, the Louisiana and OCMA shows frame Calle’s conceptual investigations into intimacy, absence and storytelling across photography, text, video and installation, emphasizing the continuity of these themes from the 1980s to the present.
This article was produced with a.i. support and editorially reviewed. All statements without guarantee; auction results, exhibition dates and awards may change at short notice.
