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Fine Arts Exhibition
One time only

Robert Ryman: The Real Thing

October 9 at 10am - February 28

At Barbican Centre

Silk St, EC2Y 8DS

🕒Allow around 90 minutes to explore the gallery spaces at a relaxed pace.
🛍﹒Large bags exceeding 32x18x22cm must be checked into the free cloakroom.
🍿Pay What You Can entry is available on Thursdays and select Fridays.

Over sixty square white paintings spanning six decades fill the Barbican Art Gallery for this major retrospective, inviting visitors to examine subtle shifts in brushwork, texture, and light across the American artist's career.

Sixty white paintings
Mid-1950s to early 2010s
Barbican Art Gallery
Square format works

Matches these interests

  • Sixty white paintings
  • Mid-1950s to early 2010s
  • Barbican Art Gallery
  • Square format works
  • Barbican Centre
  • Silk St, EC2Y 8DS

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