What does it mean to be an artist in an underdeveloped country? This question preoccupied Beatriz González and many of her Latin American contemporaries throughout the 1960s and 1970s, at a time when artists across the region were questioning imported ideas of modernity, progress and artistic value. 

Soul Sunday joins us for an afternoon of poetry and writing, inviting us to explore Sigmar Polke and his work Apparizione 1–3 more closely.

Join Colombian artist and art historian Natalia Gutiérrez to explore Beatriz González’s bold, powerful artistic practice through a selection of her favourite works.