Ettore Spalletti & Dan Graham

Spalletti's color-saturated paintings and sculptures in dialogue with Graham's reflective glass pavilions, exploring perception and the viewer's embodied presence in space.

Why go

Two late masters—Spalletti (1940–2019) and Graham (1942–2022)—who rejected categorical classification, united here in their shared conviction that art should transform how viewers see themselves and their surroundings. Spalletti's atmospheric color impastos meet Graham's pioneering two-way mirror pavilions, a rare pairing of Italian Renaissance-inf

What to expect

On the ground floor, Spalletti's monumental *Colonna sola* (2014), *Carte rosa* (1998), and Graham's *Tight Squeeze* (2015)—a hybrid steel-and-glass pavilion originally designed for Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse—face one another across the space. Below, 50 lithographic prints from Spalletti's *Untitled* series (1976–1992, MNAM collection) and Graham

Things to know

• Spalletti lived and worked his entire life in Cappelle sul Tavo, Pescara; major 2014 retrospective shown simultaneously at three Italian mus
• Graham's *Tight Squeeze* was originally commissioned for the roof of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille; combines perforated metal wi
• Spalletti's color technique: chalk and pigment mixtures applied in successive layers over nearly a month, then abraded to reveal hidden colo
• Graham participated in Documenta five times (1972, 1977, 1982, 1992, 1997); numerous pavilions permanently installed in sculpture parks acro
• Exhibition shown at Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris (79 rue du Temple); runs 17 April–20 June 2026.
• Both artists rejected movement affiliation and categorization; each placed the viewer's perceptual and bodily experience at the center of th

Plan your visit

Located at Galerie Marian Goodman's Paris space (79 rue du Temple, 75003). Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm. Press releases and checklist available as PDFs on the exhibition page.