All posts by Amanda HEROLD

Julio González goes back to school, Fall 2019!

This September, French high school students will discover González’s Tête Montserrat criant (1942) on the pages of their French textbook (2nde, éditions Hattier, 2019). This powerful sculpture of a Catalan peasant woman screaming in rage and despair at the injustices of war serves to illustrate a texte by Wajdi Wouawad, Incendies (2003), which recounts the horros of […]

Julio González in Brazil: Retrospective at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, June 4-August 4, 2019

For the first time, Brazil is discovering the work of Julio González, thanks to the retrospective “Julio González. Space and Matter” which opened on June 4 at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in collaboration with the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) and the Fondation Abertis, and with the support of Arteris. […]

Julio González in “The Spirit of a Collection: Donations”, at the Fondation Maeght, through June 16, 2019

The Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul-de-Vence) pays tribute in its current exhibition, “The Spirit of a Collection: Donations”, to the generous donations it has received over the years from artists, friends and family. It recognizes the importance of these donations in helping the Fondation constitute one of Europe’s most important collections of modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, […]

Roberta & Julio González in “Picasso and the Exodus”, musée les Abattoirs, Toulouse (March 15-Aug. 25, 2019)

Roberta and Julio González are represented with 18 works of art in the exhibition “Picasso and the Exodus. A History of Spanish Art in Resistance,” held at the Abattoirs museum of Toulouse from March 15 to August 25, 2019. Their paintings, drawings and sculptures are displayed alongside artwork and photographs taken by the abstract painter […]

Julio González’s “Danseuse à la marguerite” on display at the MAMC+ (Saint Etienne), through Sept. 2019

Danseuse à la marguerite (Dancer with daisy), a 1937 sculpture by Julio González, is currently displayed at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMC+) of Saint Etienne Métropole, in their temporary exhibition, “Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d’une femme” (“Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman”). This unprecedented exhibition tells the story of an imaginary and […]

“Julio González: Drawings, papers and figures from the collection of the IVAM”, Fondation Vila Casas, Barcelone, September 19 – December 30, 2018

Julio Gonzalez’s drawings are currently on display in his hometown, at the Vila Casas Foundation in Barcelona. This exhibition of drawings from the IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez highlights the importance of this means of expression for the artist throughout his career. Dominated by the female figure, the human form is transformed according to Gonzalez’s interrogations […]

Roberta González in “Hans Hartung: the war years”, musée Zervos, Vézelay, July 14-October 15, 2018

Several works by Roberta Gonzalez are currently on display in Vézelay in the exhibition “Hans Hartung: the war years” at the Zervos Museum, organized in partnership with the Fondation Hartung-Bergman. The exhibition retraces the German painter’s work during the years of World War II. This historic time also coincides with the period when Hartung was part of […]