Linder Prints, Photomontage and Shows

Linder on the Southbank holding red-handled scissors to one eye and sticking her tongue out, in a pink knitted In Pursuit of Magic jumper — Linder at the Hayward Gallery. Photo: Hazel Gaskin. Courtesy of the artist and Hayward Gallery. Framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 2 November 2026

Linder, born in Liverpool in 1954, is the British artist whose scalpel-cut photomontages came out of the Manchester punk scene, starting with the 1977 Buzzcocks sleeve for Orgasm Addict. Her work is in Tate, the V&A and MoMA. Linder prints include a signed edition of 75 made for her 2025 Hayward Gallery retrospective, which costs £150.

Our take on Linder as an artist

Linder cuts pictures apart and puts them back together so they say something else. She has done it for nearly 50 years, from punk record sleeves to her first London retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in 2025.

The Linder print on our editions page was made for that show. Soul Meets Soul on Lovers' Lips, Print Edition #2 is a black and white close-up of a woman whose only colour is her glossy red lips. It is small, signed, and limited to one per customer.

"The cuts made by my blades and scissors are perpetually liberating," she said when the Hayward show opened. You can feel that in even the quietest of her pictures.

Linder: the essentials

Born in Liverpool in 1954; lives and works in London, according to her gallery, Modern Art.
Came out of the 1970s Manchester punk scene, fronting the band Ludus. Her photomontage for the Buzzcocks' 1977 single Orgasm Addict became one of the defining images of British punk (Grundy Art Gallery).
Major shows include Femme/Objet at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (2013), Linderism at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (2020), her first UK institutional survey, and Linder: Danger Came Smiling at the Hayward Gallery (2025), her first London retrospective, according to Andrehn-Schiptjenko.
Won the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award in 2017.
Her work is held by Tate, the V&A, the Arts Council Collection and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (Modern Art).
Represented by Modern Art in London and Andrehn-Schiptjenko in Stockholm and Paris.

Linder exhibitions: now on and recent

Nothing is on right now, but she has had a busy 2026:

Linder: The Return of Linderland, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 18 July to 3 October 2026.
Linder: Goddess of the Mind, CHANEL NEXUS HALL, Tokyo, 25 June to 16 August 2026, after a showing in Kyoto for KYOTOGRAPHIE.
Where the tongue slips it speaks truth, Modern Art, London, 16 January to 21 February 2026.
Linder: Danger Came Smiling, Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 5 May 2025, then on tour to Edinburgh and Swansea.

Where to buy Linder prints

The Linder print we list is Soul Meets Soul on Lovers' Lips, Print Edition #2 from the Southbank Centre shop. It is a giclée on 310gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 28 x 35cm (11 x 13.8in), signed, in an edition of 75 with a presentation box, for £150. The shop limits it to one per customer.

The Hayward catalogue, Linder: Danger Came Smiling, is £25 from Modern Art, with essays by Marina Warner and Chris Kraus. For other signed editions at this sort of price, see our guide to the best affordable art in the UK.

Linder FAQs

Who is Linder?

Linder (born Linder Sterling in Liverpool in 1954) is a British artist best known for photomontage. She came out of the Manchester punk scene and made the sleeve for the Buzzcocks' Orgasm Addict in 1977.

Is there a Linder exhibition on now?

Not that we found. Her touring Hayward show ended at the Grundy in Blackpool on 3 October 2026, and her Tokyo show closed in August.

Is the Southbank Centre Linder print signed?

Yes. Every one of the 75 is signed by Linder, and it comes in a presentation box.

Where can I see Linder's work in the UK?

Tate, the V&A and the Arts Council Collection all hold her work. Check what is on display before you visit.

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