Why Jenny Saville’s Anatomy of Painting Reveals What Fertility Really Looks Like

What does fertility really look like? If you asked British artist Jenny Saville, she might say it’s messy, raw, unapologetic—and absolutely beautiful. Her latest exhibition, The Anatomy of Painting, now showing at the National Portrait Gallery in London, dives deep into the human body, exposing its vulnerabilities and strengths with an unfiltered gaze. And while Saville’s work is about art, it unexpectedly mirrors the intimate, sometimes challenging journey so many embark on to conceive.