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The Fundació Joan Miró (Catalan: Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani [fundəsiˈo ʒuˈam miˈɾo]; "Joan Miró Foundation, Centre of Studies of Contemporary Art") is a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miró located on the hill called Montjuïc in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).

Fundació Joan Miró

Established	1975
Location	Montjuïc in Barcelona
Director	Marko Daniel
Public transit access	Montjuïc Funicular
Website	Fundació Joan Miró website

History

The idea for the foundation was made in 1968 by Joan Miró. Miró formed the foundation with his friend Joan Prats.[1] Miró wanted to create a new building that would encourage particularly younger artists to experiment with contemporary art. The building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert to ensure that this work could also be made available to the public and exhibited. He designed the building with courtyards and terraces and to create a natural path for visitors to move through the building.

Building began on the mountain of Montjuïc and the foundation opened on 10 June 1975. Not only was the architect a close friend of Miró but so was the first president Joaquim Gomis and Miró was amongst the first board. It was claimed that the new foundation represented a new way of viewing the concept of a museum and how the people of Barcelona could relate to their cultural heritage.[2]

Expansion in 1986 to the building added an auditorium and a library which holds some of the 10,000 items in the Foundation and Miró's collection.

Works by Joan Miró

Many of the works in the building were donated by the artist himself.[3] Highlights include:

• The wing of the lark ..., 1967
• Hermitage of San Juan Huerta, 1917
• Street Pedralbes, 1917
• Portrait of a boy, 1919
• Painting (the white gloves), 1925
• Flame in space and Naked woman, 1932
• Character, 1934
• Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement, 1935
• Naked woman climbing a staircase, 1937
• No, 1937
• The Morning Star, 1940
• Barcelona Series, 1944
• The Diamond smiles at twilight, 1947–1948
• The Caress of a Bird, 1967
• The gold of the azure, 1967
• Painting on white to a solitary cell I, II, III, 1968
• Figure in front of the sun, 1968
• Catalan peasant by moonlight, 1968
• Miró's Chicago, 1968
• Character, 1970, May 1968, 1968–1973
• Tapestry of the Fundació, 1979

Collection

In line with Miró's original idea the Foundation has a space named "Espai 13" which is dedicated to promoting the work of young experimental artists. Many curators have been in charge of that program, including Frederic Montornes, Monica Regàs, and Ferran Barenblit, who was later Director of MACBA. Although there is also work by Peter Greenaway, Chillida, René Magritte, Rothko, Tàpies and Saura.

The collection includes Alexander Calder's 4 Wings and Mercury Fountain. The Mercury Fountain uses the liquid metal mercury to create a fountain. As mercury is poisonous, the fountain is kept behind glass to protect the visitors.[3]

The museum uses QRpedia to allow visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.[4]

See also

• List of museums in Barcelona
• Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape
• Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Mallorca
• List of single-artist museums

References

На других языках

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[de] Fundació Joan Miró

Die Fundació Joan Miró (span.: Fundación Joan Miró) ist ein Joan Miró gewidmetes Museum der Modernen Kunst in Barcelona.

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- [en] Fundació Joan Miró

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[es] Fundación Joan Miró

La Fundación Joan Miró[1] es una institución cultural de Barcelona que custodia algunas de las obras más representativas de este pintor catalán. Contiene más de 104.000 piezas entre pinturas, esculturas y tapices. En cuanto a los dibujos, hay que destacar que la Fundación conserva la práctica totalidad de dibujos preparatorios de Joan Miró, con más de 8.000 referencias, un material básico para entender la obra de Miró.[2]

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[fr] Fondation Joan-Miró

La fondation Joan-Miró, initialement baptisée Centre d'études d'art contemporain de Barcelone, est une institution privée qui a pour principale activité la conservation et l'exposition d'œuvres de Joan Miró.

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[it] Fundació Joan Miró

La Fundació Joan Miró si trova a Barcellona e possiede alcune delle opere più rappresentative del pittore catalano Joan Miró. Contiene più di 10.000 pezzi tra dipinti, sculture e tappezzerie, oltre a diversi disegni e schizzi.

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[ru] Фонд Жоана Миро

Фонд Жоана Миро (кат. La Fundació Joan Miró) — музей современного искусства в Барселоне, открытый 10 июня 1975 года и выставляющий работы Жоана Миро.

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