The most familiar Miró
The Fundació Joan Miró is exhibiting 59 pieces recently donated by his descendants and a selection of works from between 1910 and 1976.
Miró. His Most Intimate Legacy is presenting the most personal and family-oriented Miró at the same time: the artist, who through the years — as long as the circumstances allowed — kept pieces, drawings and sketches that made him stay in touch with the emotional part of the narrative thread of his work, while at the same time serving as a tool for reviewing his career and evolution.
This habit of conserving was also extended, through gifts, to his wife Pilar Juncosa and his daughter Dolors, both of whom he made the owners of the collections appartenant à Pilar and appartenant à Mlle. Dolores Miró. This love and generosity were perpetuated over time with his grandchildren, David, Emili, Joan and Teo, to whom the artist also gifted parts of his work.
The exhibition, curated by Marko Daniel, Elena Escolar and Dolors Rodríguez Roig, introduces 180 pieces and objects as well as a selection of works previously given or deposited by Joan Miró, Pilar Juncosa, Dolors Miró, and the rest of the family. Among the ones provided by Miró are 59 originals part of the new deposit that the Miró family has recently made at the Foundation.
This way, the exhibition allows us to follow practically Miró's entire artistic life, between 1910, when he was 17, and 1976. In addition, you can also see preparatory drawings, unpublished documentation and family photographs, which allow us to retrace the path from the creation of his own collection, which became a family collection, to the artist's desire to make his thought and legacy universal with the creation of the Joan Miró Foundation, a unique space and collection that the artist offers in the city of Barcelona.
Until 26 September, the public and educational programme linked to the exhibition Miró. His Most Intimate Legacy will include a series of proposals for all audiences (visits, activities and workshops), both face-to-face and digital. These activities revolve around two fundamental concepts: on the one hand, Miró's facet as a collector; on the other, the relevance of his artistic approaches.
Tickets to this temporary exhibition are 7 euros (5 euros for the reduced fare). It can also be visited with regular tickets to the museum. In either case, you can buy your ticket here.