The two objects, now in the archive of the Fundació Miró Mallorca, inspired a six-foot-tall sculpture.
Joan Miro
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Marie Cuttoli, the Entrepreneur Who Brought Modern Art to the Textile Industry
Cuttoli recruited artists like Picasso and Man Ray to design textiles for her workshops in Algeria and shop in Paris, bringing Modernism to a broader audience in the early 20th century.
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A Creative Colony of Modernists in Coastal France
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen’s display of artists living and working independently, but together, reinforces the modernist commitment to internationalist values.
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The Horrors and Delights of the Surrealist Subconscious
Two exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art revel in the unique strangeness of one’s mind.
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Joan Miró’s Studio Reopens with a Refreshed Perspective
Miró’s studio, named the Taller Sert, was his refuge, and a place where the artist created some of his most important work.
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Miró’s Only Marble and Glass Mural Is Restored
Joan Miro, “Personnages Oiseaux” (1978), after restoration, at the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University (all images courtesy Marianne Marti) Joan Miró painted many murals in his lifetime, but he designed only one made of glass and marble, for Wichita State University’s Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art. “Personnages Oiseaux,” or […]
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Joan Miró Works Auctioned by His Grandson to Benefit Refugees
Today, 28 works by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró were auctioned in London to benefit refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East.
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France Lost Track of 23,000 State-Owned Artworks and Historic Objects
Nearly 23,000 works of state-owned art are missing in France and its overseas territories, lost over time from museums, town halls, and major institutions largely due to poor documentation and even theft.
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From Míro’s Studio to Ledger Art, Standouts of the Armory Show’s Modern Section
The Armory Show is thought of first and foremost as a venue for buying contemporary art, but on the fair’s southern pier dealers quietly move Modern masterpieces worth millions.
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See Joan Miró’s Majorca Studio Recreated in All Its Cluttered Glory
“My dream, once I am able to settle down somewhere, is to have a very large studio,” the Spanish artist Joan Miró wrote.
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Allegedly Fake Joan Mirós Trigger Trials in Turkey
On November 20, 2013, an exhibition titled Miró in Istanbul opened at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University’s Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center, but its two-month run was cut short when the objects on view were denounced as fake and it closed on December 20.
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Fabulous Immediacies and Epic Trajectories: Joan Miró’s Late Paintings
How did postwar New York painting influence one of its foremost European progenitors? This question is posed as a partial rationale for Nahmad Contemporary’s current show Joan Miró: Oiseux Dans L’Espace.