Lygia Clark: Retrospective

Beginning in May 2025, the Neue Nationalgalerie will show Brazilian artist Lygia Clark’s first retrospective in Germany.

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  Lygia Clark: Óculos, Detail, 1966

• Lygia Clark: O Eu e o Tu (Série Roupa-Corpo-Roupa), 1967

• Lygia Clark mit ihren „Unidades“ während der Ausstellung der Neoconcretisten, Rio de Janeiro, 1959

• Lygia Clark: Bicho Caranguejo Linear, Detail, 1959

• Lygia Clark: Superfície Modulada, Detail, 1955–1956

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With around 150 artworks, the comprehensive show will present her oeuvre from the 1950s to the 1980s, ranging from geometric-abstract paintings to participatory sculptures and performances.

Lygia Clark at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

Lygia Clark (1920–1988) is regarded as a radical innovator who pushed the boundaries of what is considered art. She fundamentally redefined the relationship between artist and viewer, artwork and space. As a leading figure of Neoconcretismo (the Neo-Concrete movement), initiated in Rio de Janeiro in 1959, Clark understood art as an organic phenomenon. She demanded a subjective, body-related and sensual art experience, which included the viewer’s active participation. This participatory approach within Clark’s work will be available for visitors to experience through interaction with exhibition copies of sculptures and sensory objects. In addition, regular performances and workshops will activate the work of this outstanding twentieth-century artist.

Curators

The exhibition is curated by Irina Hiebert Grun and Maike Steinkamp.

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes

Organized in cooperation with the Kunsthaus Zürich, where the show will be on view from autumn 2025 to spring 2026. 

A special exhibition of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Runtime: Fri, 23/05/2025 to Sun, 12/10/2025

Highlight: This show is one of the top exhibitions in Berlin in 2025.

Takes place here:

• Neue Nationalgalerie

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