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Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona Turns 50: Full Program of Events

institutional · 2026-04-26

The Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona celebrates its 50th anniversary with a year-long program of exhibitions, concerts, performances, and public initiatives. The festivities begin on June 11 with the exhibition "Poetry Has Just Begun: 50 Years of the Miró," a retrospective tracing the foundation's history and its role in the international art system. In autumn, "Miró and the United States" explores the dialogue between Joan Miró and the post-war American avant-garde, featuring works by Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Organized in collaboration with the Phillips Collection in Washington, the show will travel to the US in spring 2026 and is accompanied by a trilingual catalog. In March 2026, a new permanent collection display will be unveiled, organized around Miró's creative processes rather than chronology, juxtaposing finished works with archival materials. The same period sees the opening of the Giardino dei Cipressi, a historic garden within the Montjuïc complex, previously inaccessible, designed as a space for contemplation integrating art, architecture, and nature.

Key facts

  • Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2026.
  • The program opens on June 11 with the exhibition 'Poetry Has Just Begun: 50 Years of the Miró'.
  • The autumn exhibition 'Miró and the United States' explores Miró's dialogue with American post-war avant-garde.
  • Artists featured in 'Miró and the United States' include Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.
  • The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Phillips Collection in Washington.
  • The show will travel to the United States in spring 2026.
  • A trilingual catalog accompanies the exhibition.
  • In March 2026, a new permanent collection display will be organized around Miró's creative processes.
  • The Giardino dei Cipressi, a historic garden on Montjuïc, will open to the public in March 2026.
  • The foundation was founded by Joan Miró in 1975.

Entities

Artists

  • Joan Miró
  • Louise Bourgeois
  • Helen Frankenthaler
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Mark Rothko

Institutions

  • Fundació Joan Miró
  • Phillips Collection
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Barcelona
  • Spain
  • Washington
  • United States
  • Montjuïc

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