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Sarah Lucas

SARAH LUCAS

Plaza: Sarah Lucas—VENUS VICTORIA New Museum From 12 May 2026 New York
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A new sculpture commission by Sarah Lucas celebrates women claiming space in public life.

VENUS VICTORIA by Sarah Lucas is the inaugural commission for the New Museum’s public plaza. Lucas was selected by an all-artist jury comprised of Teresita Fernández, Joan Jonas, Julie Mehretu, Cindy Sherman, and Kiki Smith, and is the first of five recipients over 10 years who will be selected by a rotating jury. VENUS VICTORIA will be on view for two years in a new outdoor plaza on Bowery at Prince Street created as part of the New Museum’s OMA-designed building expansion.

Sarah Lucas: VENUS VICTORIA is curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, and Madeline Weisburg, Senior Assistant Curator.

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About the Artist

Sarah Lucas is an English sculptor, photographer and installation artist who was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1994, represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2015 and was the subject of a major retrospective, Happy Gas, at Tate Britain in 2023–24. A key figure in the Young British Artists movement, Lucas has spent over three decades creating provocative artworks that confront gender, mortality, sexuality and class with irreverent wit and formally inventive assemblages.

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The New Museum, located on the vibrant Bowery in New York City, is exclusively dedicated to contemporary art, and is a must-visit art institution for anyone interested in the direction of culture.

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New York 235 Bowery
New Museum contemporary art institution in New York United States
New Museum
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