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Beatriz González, Colombian Painter of Collective Memory, Dies at 93
Colombian artist Beatriz González, a foundational figure in Latin American contemporary art, died on January 9 at the age of 93 in her home. Widely recognized for her vibrant palette and radical use of furniture as a support for her paintings, she addressed collective memory by attempting a pictorial representation of her nation’s history, depicting political events, violence, and loss. The news of her death was confirmed by her gallery Casas Ri…
The painter Beatriz González created her own unique version of modernism and was one of the most important figures in Colombian art. She participated in Documenta 14 in 2017. She has now died at the age of 93.
Beatriz González, influential Colombian artist, 1932–2026
Courtesy Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich and Paris Beatriz González, one of Latin America’s most prominent contemporary art figures, died on 9 January at her home in Bogotá, aged 93. Born in Bucaramanga, Colombia, in 1932, Beatriz González reached adulthood during ‘La Violencia’, a civil war that marked the country from 1948–58. She started making art in the 1960s at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, where she studied under the critic and w…
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