Exhibition Tour of Beatriz González at Barbican

Please join CSCA for an exhibition visit to ‘Beatriz González,’ the first UK retrospective of the groundbreaking Colombian artist at the Barbican Art Gallery. This visit will be introduced by exhibition curator Lotte Johnson.

Bringing together over 150 artworks, many showing in the UK for the first time, this major exhibition explores Beatriz González’s influential practice from the 1960s to now. From her monumental paintings to repurposed furniture, wallpaper and installations, González draws from found images in popular postcards, reproductions of Western art, and newspaper clippings. In her distinctive graphic style and vivid palette, she transforms these images, playfully questioning ideas of taste, critiquing power structures, bearing witness to violence and offering moving reflections on grief, displacement and community.

Further information on the exhibition is available here.

CSCA will pay for the ticket. It is therefore essential that you book your place with us. If you would like to join, please RSVP to jessica.owens.23@ucl.ac.uk 

Please note: This event is open to UCL staff and post-graduate students only.  

Image: Los papagayos (The Parrots), 1987, Pérez Art Museum Miami. © Beatriz González, Courtesy Pérez Art Museum