Casas Riegner is pleased to announce the opening of the Beatriz González (1932–2026) retrospective at Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo. The exhibition, on view from June 12 to October 11, 2026, marks the final stop of the retrospective, following its presentation at Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the Barbican in London. Bringing together over 150 works spanning six decades of a practice that radically transformed Latin American contemporary art, the exhibition was developed in close collaboration with the artist and traces her output from the 1960s until her passing in January 2026.

With a distinctive graphic style and a bold palette, González's work explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day, probing their potential to communicate and shape our perception of the world. With satire, tenderness, and critical acuity, she revealed how images reflect power and politics on both personal and social scales. She questioned the dominance of Western iconography, challenged socially constructed ideas of taste and value, confronted complex histories of violence, and paid homage to displaced communities.

Beatriz González's work gives form to the lingering presence of political history. By confronting how collective trauma is lived, remembered, and so often normalized, her practice brings a deeply human perspective to broader structures of power and political reality with an urgency that feels particularly pressing in today’s world.

Defying conventional hierarchies of value associated with specific mediums or cultures, González worked across a wide range of formats: painting, printmaking, furniture interventions, monumental painted backdrops, and large-scale installations in public spaces. Rooted in the specific context of Colombia and in constant dialogue with it, her work addresses pressing concerns ranging from political violence to the climate crisis and the lives of Indigenous communities.