Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo opens a major retrospective of Colombian artist Beatriz González (1932–2026) on June 12, 2026, featuring over 150 works spanning six decades. The exhibition, planned in close collaboration with González before her death in January 2026, includes paintings, printmaking, furniture, monumental backdrops, and large-scale installations that explore everyday imagery, political violence, and Western iconography. The show is co-produced by Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Barbican London, and Astrup Fearnley Museet, with curators Pollyana Quintella, Natalia Gutiérrez, Lotte Johnson, and Solveig Øvstebø.
This retrospective matters because Beatriz González is widely regarded as one of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, and the exhibition—the first major survey after her death—cements her legacy as a critical voice addressing power, politics, displacement, and climate crisis through a distinctly Colombian lens. The international co-production across three continents underscores her growing global recognition and the art world's renewed attention to Latin American modernism.