Centerfolds: Cristine Brache
Forthcoming exhibition
Overview
We are pleased to announce Centerfolds, an upcoming solo exhibition by Cristine Brache at Bernheim, London. Centerfolds presents three interrelated bodies of work exploring persona, obsolescence, alienation, and the inherent power dynamics within each.
Opening Reception: Thursday, 12 February | 6–8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 12 February – 02 April 2026
Location: Bernheim, 1 New Burlington St, London W1S 2JA
This entire body of work emerged from Brache’s discovery that Dorothy Stratten wrote poetry, a fact nearly absent from her biographies and documentaries. That omission became a catalyst for the project. As a poet herself, Brache was struck by the intimacy and solitude embedded in Dorothy Stratten’s writing, and by the gap between the inner life it reveals and the spectacle through which she’s culturally remembered.
Additionally, a custom scent, created in collaboration with perfumer Marissa Zappas, is designed to function as a portrait, one that exists in space and unfolds gradually as viewers move through the building.