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The Broad Opens Largest Robert Therrien Retrospective

The show foregrounds Therrien’s life-size transformations of familiar objects to trigger memory and bodily response.

Overview

  • The exhibition, Robert Therrien: This is a Story, runs November 22, 2025 through April 5, 2026 at The Broad in downtown Los Angeles.
  • More than 120 works spanning five decades present immersive, oversized sculptures alongside intimate drawings and models.
  • Visitors can walk under a gigantic table and chairs and encounter towering stacks of plates, monumental beards, and a room crammed with oversized pots and pans.
  • The Broad has recreated elements of Therrien’s studio with project tables, tools, stencils, preparatory drawings, and other materials that illuminate his process.
  • Many pieces are on public view for the first time, and the presentation highlights the museum’s long stewardship, including 18 works in its collection and the social-media favorite Under the Table installed since 2015.