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Robert Ryman Retrospective Opens at Claude Berri's New Space in Lille

exhibition · 2026-04-23

A retrospective of Robert Ryman's work, featuring fifty paintings from the late 1950s to the present, opens at the newly inaugurated Espace d'art contemporain in Lille. The exhibition, organized by Claude Berri, deliberately avoids chronological order and emphasizes the circulation of painting elements such as surface, touch, and light.

Key facts

  • Fifty paintings by Robert Ryman are displayed.
  • Works date from the late 1950s to the present.
  • The exhibition is not chronological.
  • It highlights surface, touch, and light.
  • The show inaugurates Claude Berri's new contemporary art space in Lille.
  • The venue is called Espace d'art contemporain.
  • Claude Berri is the founder of the space.
  • The exhibition is a retrospective.

Entities

Artists

  • Robert Ryman

Institutions

  • Espace d'art contemporain

Locations

  • Lille
  • France

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