Beatriz González

Colombian · b. 1938

Contemporary Art

Colombian painter who appropriated tabloid photographs and mass-produced domestic imagery to create work registering grief, violence, and political mortality with unsentimental wit. Her paintings of state funerals, cheap fabric prints of mourners, and large-scale public installations made her a defining political artist in Latin American art from the 1960s onwards.

On now and coming soon exhibitions

No current or upcoming exhibitions.

Past Exhibitions

Ended

Beatriz González

Ended May 10

First UK retrospective of Colombian artist: 150+ works spanning six decades

"If this is Latin American Pop, it's Pop with pathos – and, although this isn't an easy exhibition, it is powerful and affecting. Her paintings are full of flair and subtle, sophisticated aesthetic decisions. These provide succour for the visitor when – as it may do – González's searing content proves too much."

— The Telegraph