Penny Siopis: Ink, Blood and History at Museu Tàpies

Museu Tàpies presents the first Barcelona exhibition dedicated to Penny Siopis, a major figure in contemporary South African art. 🎨✨

Under the working title "Ink, Blood and History", the exhibition highlights her interdisciplinary approach exploring personal memory, colonial violence, and collective struggle.

🎨 Penny Siopis. Ink, Blood and History

📅 From January 21 to June 20, 2027

🕐 Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, Sundays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

📍 Museu Tàpies (MTà), C. d’Aragó 255, Barcelona

🎟️ General admission: €15 / Reduced: €9

📖 Memory, Politics and Catharsis

The exhibition spans painting, drawing, and filmmaking, combining intimate narratives with historical records, touching on anti-apartheid struggles and colonial repression.

Key bodies of work include Shame, exploring humiliation, violence, and recognition. Visitors will also discover Charmed Lives (1998–1999), a large canvas of found objects creating collective memory from individual lives, as well as archive pieces featuring cabinets with sealed drawers that invoke memories erased by dominant historical accounts.

🎨 About the Artist

Penny Siopis was born in South Africa in 1953 to a Greek family that settled there after World War II. Her work builds connections between Northern and Southern global memories.

ℹ️ Good to know: Closed on Mondays. Concessions available for accredited students, seniors over 65, Carnet Jove, library card holders, and large families. Free admission for children under 16, unemployed individuals, and Amics del Museu Tàpies.

✨ A powerful exhibition bringing Penny Siopis's thought-provoking visual narrative to Barcelona.