Petah Coyne: How Much a Heart Can Hold

How Much A Heart Can Hold invites viewers to explore Petah Coyne’s work as a multifaceted and long-running conversation about the complexity and creativity of women. Divided into three sections, Women’s Work, Women’s Relationships and Women Obscured & Transformed, the exhibition demonstrates how these themes intertwine across Coyne’s oeuvre, reflecting the ways her art is in dialogue with both contemporary peers and historical figures.

On view September 19, 2025 through March 14, 2026 at the Lowe Art Museum, the exhibition is organized by the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is accompanied by a fully illustrated scholarly catalogue.

Petah Coyne is an internationally recognized sculptor and installation artist known for her use of unconventional materials such as wax, silk flowers, ribbons and taxidermy. Her work often explores themes of memory, femininity and transformation, and has been featured in institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum.