Joan Miró
1893–1983
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In Tate Modern
In the Studio: International Surrealism
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In Tate Modern
Materials and Objects: Collage
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In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Rooms
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Joan Miró i Ferrà (; Catalan: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo j fəˈra]; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981.
Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.
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Artist as subject
R.B. Kitaj Mort
1966
Eileen Agar, Andrew Lambirth Typewritten lecture entitled ‘Surrealism in England in the 1930s’ given by Andrew Lambirth and Eileen Agar at the Royal College of Art
[1988]
Sidney Janis Gallery Leaflet for an exhibition entitled, ‘Selection of French Art’ at the Sidney Janis Gallery
1955
Graham Sutherland OM Sketchbook 38
[c.1962–7]
Ben Nicholson OM First draft of an article by Ben Nicholson with editing
30 November 1966
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (London, UK), Klaus Hinrichsen Typescript for ‘Interned with Kurt Schwitters’
[May 1988]
Film and audio
Playlist
MixTate: Kara-Lis Coverdale on Joan Miró
Montréal-based composer Kara-Lis Coverdale sees a story of engagement in Joan Miró’s etching
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Unlock Art: Exploring the Surreal
The Doctor travels through time to bring us the story of Surrealism
TateShots
Joan Miró: Retrospective
Joan Miró's works come to London in the first major retrospective here for nearly 50 years
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Joan Miró: A Retrospective
Curator walkthrough of Joan Miró's major restrospective in 2011
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 3: Eva Bosch
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and features Eva Bosch
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 2: Matthew Gale
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and features curator Matthew Gale
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 7: Jon Bird
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and features Jon Bird
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 1: Introduction
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and is the introduction to ...
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 6: Nigel Warburton
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and features Nigel Warburton
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Joan Miró Study Day – Part 5: Discussion
This is a video recording from the Joan Miró Study Day held at Tate Modern and features a group discussion
Features
Art Term
Automatism
In art, automatism refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the ...
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Joan Miró 1893–1983 and Joan Baixas born 1946Merma Never Dies 1978
Case study on Joan Miró and Joan Baixas's Merma Never Dies 1978, part of Performance at Tate: Into the ...
Tate Etc
Between terror and ecstasy: Artistic hallucination
Stories of hallucinations in art and literature date back to the Bible, but the idea of the artistic hallucination is ...
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Miró's minimal series: Painting on a White Background
Miró's minimal series: Painting on a White Background; Tate blog article
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‘Burn Canvas, Burn’ – Miró plays with fire in his late paintings
When he was making his series of late works that he called 'burnt and lacerated canvases', Miró would reinforce the ...
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'The Reaper': Miró's Civil War protest
In 1937 Miró created a 5.5 metre high anti-war mural called The Reaper for the 1937 Paris World Fair ...
Tate Etc
A hymn of freedom: Joan Miró I
In 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil War, several Spanish artists were commissioned by the Republican Government to ...
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Say hello to my python: Joan Miró III
The celebrated zoologist and Surrealist painter shared his first London exhibition with Miró – and introduced him to a snake at ...
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