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 […]
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L’IVAM Centre Julio González celebrates its 30th anniversary, 2019
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 […]
Conference: “Roberta Gonzalez: an artistic path forged by war”, April 15, 2019 musée de l’Armée (Paris)
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 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 […]
“Tête en profondeur”, Kanal-Centre Pompidou, Brussels, May 2018-June 2019
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 […]
Annette Messager receives the 2018 Julio Gonzalez Prize
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”. Gonzalez at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin
« 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. […]
“Julio Gonzalez’s Constellations: Between Representation and Abstraction”, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez (Valencia, Spain), until December 31, 2018
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” […]
Gonzalez and “Guernica”: Exhibition, Musée national Picasso Paris, March 27-July 29, 2018
Longtime friends and colleagues, Julio Gonzalez and Pablo Picasso participate together in the Spanish Pavilion in the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Both artists take advantage of the occasion to manifest their support for democratic Spain and their fellow Spaniards under attack. Picasso does so with his monumental mural painting, “Guernica”, and his satirical etching, […]