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Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
8 October 2026 to 28 February 2027
A landmark retrospective of Robert Ryman's white paintings across six decades, tracing his investigation into materiality and the experiential nature of painting.
From Barbican Art Gallery
A major new retrospective of works by Robert Ryman, the extraordinary American artist whose paintings invite us to take a closer look. The Real Thing is the first major UK exhibition of Robert Ryman's paintings in over 30 years. Emerging as an artist in New York in the mid-1950s, Ryman approached every painting as a test to 'see what would happen', discovering that 'there is never a question of what to paint, but only how to paint.' For almost six decades,...
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Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday11am–7pm
© Barbican Art Gallery
Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
8 October 2026 to 28 February 2027
A landmark retrospective of Robert Ryman's white paintings across six decades, tracing his investigation into materiality and the experiential nature of painting.
From Barbican Art Gallery
A major new retrospective of works by Robert Ryman, the extraordinary American artist whose paintings invite us to take a closer look. The Real Thing is the first major UK exhibition of Robert Ryman's paintings in over 30 years. Emerging as an artist in New York in the mid-1950s, Ryman approached every painting as a test to 'see what would happen', discovering that 'there is never a question of what to paint, but only how to paint.' For almost six decades,...
Read more at Barbican Art Gallery →About the Artist
Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday11am–7pm