Jenny Saville, the British painter known for her monumental depictions of flesh, is the subject of her first major U.S. museum exhibition, "Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting," now on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. The show, which previously opened at London's National Portrait Gallery in June, brings together 45 works from across her career, including charcoal drawings and large-scale oil paintings. In a rare interview, Saville discusses seeing older works like *Plan* again and how the Fort Worth museum's architecture suits her largest canvases. The exhibition runs through January 2026, ahead of a major 2026 showcase in Venice.
The exhibition matters because it marks a long-overdue institutional recognition of Saville, who has been an art world superstar since the 1990s but had never had a major London museum show until this year. Her work challenges traditional representations of the female nude, and her 1992 painting *Propped* sold for $12.4 million in 2018, setting a then-record for a living female artist. The Fort Worth venue is the only U.S. stop for the exhibition, underscoring the growing international attention on Saville's career and the continued relevance of her exploration of the body in contemporary painting.