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 […]
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 […]
The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), considered today one of the most important modern art museums in Spain, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2019. This institution, inaugurated in 1989 in the presence of Queen Sofia, opened in large part thanks to a series of important donations of the artwork and archives of Julio, Roberta and Joan […]
In conjunction with the exhibition “Picasso et la guerre”, which opens on April 5 at the musée de l’Armée in Paris, Dr. Amanda Herold-Marme will give a conference in French entitled “Roberta Gonzalez: an artistic path forged by war”. This conference will recount the life and work of Roberta Gonzalez, an artist of French and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kanal-Centre Pompidou is a former Citroën garage in the process of becoming the premier cultural institution in Brussels. But before the momentous renovation work begins in June 2019, the vast industrial space, left in its raw state, will host works from the Pompidou Center’s collection, displayed under the title “Brut”. It is in this context […]
On July 5, 2018, French artist Annette Messager became the first woman to receive the Julio Gonzalez Prize. This award, created in 2000 at the initiative of Viviane Grimminger and Kosme de Baranano, former director of the IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, pays tribute to the Catalan sculptor by recognizing a living artist having made an […]
« Hello World. Revising a Collection », Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, April 28-August 26, 2018 The Nationalgalerie of Berlin is currently seeking to reconceptualize its collection, largely focused on Western art, from a more global perspective. Its current exhibition « Hello World. Revising a Collection », responds to this query. Gonzalez’s “Masque de Montserrat” is featured in this temporary display. […]
Josep Salvado, curator at the l’IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, has reorganized the room devoted to Julio Gonzalez in the Spanish museum in “constellations”. Gonzalez’s major works dialogue with those of artists inspired by him, including compatriots like Jorge Oteiza, Andreu Alfaro and Miquel Navarro or the Americans Tony Smith or David Smith. “Julio Gonzalez’s Constellations” […]
