Exhibition Tour with the Curator

12 Aug 2026
01:00pm - 02:00pm
FREE
RMIT Gallery | 344 Swanston St Melbourne

Delve into ‘The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt: Foundations, Pivots and Place’ in this walkthrough with curator, Irene Barberis.

This exhibition emerges from the long-term friendship and mentorship between Irene Barberis and Sol LeWitt. Barberis met LeWitt in New York in 1974 and remained close friends with him and his family until his death in 2007. Through the generosity of the LeWitt family, she was granted residencies in his American and Italian studios. She became the first artist, outside the family, to work in his Chester studio twelve years after his passing, developing new work while systematically documenting the material and conceptual traces of his practice.

Join us at RMIT Gallery for a tour of the exhibition and to hear curator, Irene Barberis speak about key works, and curatorial aspects of the exhibition. Barberis will share some of her memories of Sol LeWitt, and her insights into his enduring influence on artists today.

This public program is presented by The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt project in partnership with Metasenta and RMIT Gallery.

The Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing is generously loaned by the LeWitt Family and Estate.

Image: Installation view of Irene Barberis, Sol LeWitt's Rubber Stamp/ Eva Hesse, 800 times on Sol LeWitt's Chester Studio Table, 2022 in The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt: Foundations, Pivots and Place, 2026, RMIT Gallery. Courtesy of the artist, Gallery Longford 120 and Chester Gallery, USA. Photo by Christian Capurro.

Reference image: Irene Barberis's personal collection of archival material relating to Sol LeWitt and other conceptual artists. Photo by Christian Capurro.

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Exhibition Tour with the Curator