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Camille Henrot Dogs

Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park
Opens September 9

About the Exhibition

For her first public exhibition in New York City, Camille Henrot brings 15 sculptures of dogs to the entrance of Central Park. Drawing from an existing series, Henrot’s installation includes new sculptures in a variety of materials suited to the outdoors, including bronze, stone, steel, iron and fiberglass. Each work is born out of an accumulation of visual references, including Saul Steinberg drawings, Tex Avery cartoons, ancient Egyptian sculpture, dog show competitions, and more. 

Across a virtuosic artistic practice that spans painting, drawing, film, installation, and sculpture, Henrot explores the invisible codes and ties that bind our lives as both individuals and members of society. Henrot’s interest in the nature of attachment, dependency and domestication has drawn her to the subject of dogs, a highly social animal and loyal human companion. At the same time, the exhibition stands as a celebration of sculptural craft and canine style, reflecting Paris-born Henrot’s love for New York City as a place of insistent individual expression.  

Camille Henrot: Dogs is curated by Public Art Fund Senior Curator Melanie Kress. 


About the Artist

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Camille Henrot (born 1978, France) is recognized as one of the most influential voices in contemporary art today. Over the past twenty years, she has developed a critically acclaimed practice, encompassing drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and film. Inspired by literature, second-hand marketplaces, poetry, cartoons, social media, self-help, and the banality of everyday life, Henrot’s works capture the complexity of living as both private individuals and global citizens in an increasingly connected and over-stimulated world.

In 2013, Henrot received widespread critical acclaim for her film “Grosse Fatigue”, made during a fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution and awarded the Silver Lion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.

Henrot is the recipient of the 2014 Nam June Paik Award and the 2015 Edvard Munch Award, and has participated in the Lyon, Berlin, Sydney and Liverpool Biennials, among others. Henrot has had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including the New Museum, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; Art Sonje Center, Seoul; Fondazione Memmo, Rome; and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan, among others. Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Guggenheim, the Centre Pompidou, and the National Gallery of Victoria, among others. 

In 2026, Henrot premieres her new film In The Veins at the New Museum, New York and LUMA, Arles. She also presents a solo exhibition at The Perimeter in London, and a major performative survey exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary. Henrot’s first theatrical production Commedia dell’Arte will premiere at the Aspen Art Museum’s AIR Festival, a co-commission between Performa, Aspen Art Museum / Wheeler Opera House and LYRA Art Foundation.


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Location

Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park

Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst are the presenting sponsors of Camille Henrot: Dogs

Bloomberg Philanthropies is the presenting sponsor of the Public Art Fund 2026 Exhibition Season. 

Leadership support for Camille Henrot: Dogs is provided by Hauser & Wirth, the Abrams Foundation, Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman & Richard C. Pepperman II, and Jennifer Harris, with champion support from Andrea Arria-Devoe, the Bram Family, Elise & Andrew Brownstein, The Deborah Buck Foundation, Ellen & Andrew Celli, Alexandra & Grant Frankel, Pamela and David Hornik, Andrea Krantz & Harvey M. Sawikin, Miyoung Lee & Neil Simpkins, Holly & Jonathan Lipton, Jessica Ogilvie, Karen & Sam Seymour, and David Wine & Michael P. MacElhenny; generous support from Margot & Nathan Bram and Linda Lennon & Stuart Baskin; and major support from Charles B. Short & Chet Krayewski.

Special thanks to NYC Parks and engineering partner TYLin.

Public Art Fund is supported by the generosity of individuals, corporations, and private foundations including lead support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, along with major support from the Abrams Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Cowles Charitable Trust, the Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Fuhrman Family Foundation, Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst, the AG Foundation, The Marc Haas Foundation, Hartfield Foundation, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, KHR McNeely Family Foundation | Kevin, Rosemary, and Hannah Rose McNeely, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, Red Crane Foundation, the Meyer and Deanne Sharlin Foundation, and The Silverweed Foundation.

Public Art Fund exhibitions and programs are also supported in part with public funds from government agencies, including the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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