🔉🎧 🚨 Final Chance: Beatriz González
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@barbicancentre Art Gallery London.
🗓️ Now till Sunday 10 May 2026
⏳ Tue–Wed 10am–6pm, Thu–Fri 10am–8pm, and Sat–Sun 10am–6pm. Closed Mondays except Bank Holiday Monday 4 May: 12-6pm
🎟️ Book online (highly recommended) or in person.
📝 📷🎥 by our Editor
@intereverything
“El arte cuenta lo que la historia no puede contar.”
Art says things that history cannot.
In the UK, Colombia might be more associated with ☕️ or ⚽️. But art?
The retrospective of Beatriz González (1932 - 2026), artist, curator, art historian, archivist and educator at the Barbican Centre surveys over six decades of work, showing how she transforms mass-media imagery into bold, flattened compositions that blur the line between fine art and everyday objects.
Several key themes run through the exhibition. Her work confronts political violence in Colombia, using press images to reveal how conflict is mediated and consumed. It also critiques power and propaganda, exposing how images can shape or distort public perception. A strong thread of memory and grief emerges in later works, which take on a more solemn, memorial quality. Finally, her early pieces challenge cultural hierarchies and colonial influence by reworking European art and popular imagery.
Overall, the exhibition presents a shift from satirical reinterpretation to a more direct, reflective engagement with trauma, emphasising art’s role in shaping collective memory.
Curated by
@lotterebjohnson
Assistant Curator
@diego_c_dr
Curatorial advisor Natalia Gutiérrez
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