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Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
8 October 2026 to 28 February 2027
Coming SoonA 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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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
Coming SoonA 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
Critic Reviews
No reviews yet for this exhibition.
Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday11am–7pm



