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At a glance

60–90 minutes

Cinema becomes thought: Godard cuts images, language and politics apart — then puts them back together differently.

Why go

For understanding Godard not simply as a filmmaker but as one of the 20th century's great thinkers through images. The exhibition remains open through 4 October.

You'll see

Film · Essays · Images · Text · Nouvelle Vague · Political cinema

Pace of visit

Time-based and intellectually dense.

Don't miss

The transition from Godard's Nouvelle Vague cinema toward increasingly essayistic and politically experimental image-making.

Artlovers Tip

Don't try to “understand” every reference. Watch how Godard makes images argue with each other.

Inside the exhibition

Meet the artist

Jean-Luc Godard

Key Movements

Contemporary Art

Medium

Film Photography

Description

Godard spent his career dismantling the grammar of cinema. Images collide with quotations, politics, advertising and philosophy, asking viewers to think rather than disappear comfortably inside a story.

Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022) was a Franco-Swiss filmmaker and a central figure of the French New Wave whose influence extends far beyond cinema into contemporary art and visual culture.

Exhibition

Jean-Luc Godard

Barcelona, Spain

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