© Barbican Art Gallery
Beatriz González
25 February 2026 — 10 May 2026
On NowGonzález transforms found images — popular postcards, newspaper clippings, reproductions of Western art — into large-scale paintings and repurposed furniture in her graphic, vivid style. This first UK retrospective spans six decades of work that bears witness to violence, grief and political power.
From Barbican Art Gallery
The first UK retrospective of the groundbreaking Colombian artist, whose bold work explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day. 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,...
Read more at Barbican Art Gallery →Critic Reviews
TimeOut
Gary Grimes
"There is a Warholian quality to much of her work, which uses images of figures from mainstream media and pop culture."
Read full review →The Guardian
Adrian Searle
the corpses pile up in a gripping retrospective that can be difficult to bear
"González's show is compelling. It is also, at times, difficult to bear. Anonymous Auras may well be the best of González's work, in terms of its succinctness and effect. Everything led to it, inexorably. What a forceful and generative artist she was, what times she lived through."
Read full review →The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Elizabeth II with sunburn? This exhibition is an eye-opener
"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."
Read full review →About the Artist
Beatriz González
Colombian · b. 1938
Painting, Installation
González appropriates tabloid imagery and kitsch domestic objects to make paintings and installations that register grief, violence, and mortality in Colombia with mordant wit and formal clarity.
Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday ·11am–7pm
© Barbican Art Gallery
Beatriz González
25 February 2026 — 10 May 2026
On NowGonzález transforms found images — popular postcards, newspaper clippings, reproductions of Western art — into large-scale paintings and repurposed furniture in her graphic, vivid style. This first UK retrospective spans six decades of work that bears witness to violence, grief and political power.
From Barbican Art Gallery
The first UK retrospective of the groundbreaking Colombian artist, whose bold work explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day. 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,...
Read more at Barbican Art Gallery →Critic Reviews
TimeOut
Gary Grimes
"There is a Warholian quality to much of her work, which uses images of figures from mainstream media and pop culture."
Read full review →The Guardian
Adrian Searle
the corpses pile up in a gripping retrospective that can be difficult to bear
"González's show is compelling. It is also, at times, difficult to bear. Anonymous Auras may well be the best of González's work, in terms of its succinctness and effect. Everything led to it, inexorably. What a forceful and generative artist she was, what times she lived through."
Read full review →The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Elizabeth II with sunburn? This exhibition is an eye-opener
"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."
Read full review →About the Artist
Beatriz González
Colombian · b. 1938
Painting, Installation
González appropriates tabloid imagery and kitsch domestic objects to make paintings and installations that register grief, violence, and mortality in Colombia with mordant wit and formal clarity.
Visit
Silk Street, London·View on artmap
Sunday11am–7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–7pm
Wednesday11am–7pm
Thursday11am–7pm
Friday11am–9pm
Saturday ·11am–7pm