Joan Miró's Poetic Universe at MoMA New York

The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents a major exhibition reexamining Joan Miró's pictorial development, drawing on the museum's extensive collection of the Catalan artist's work (1893–1983). Featuring over sixty pieces rarely shown together, the show spans paintings, works on paper, collages, illustrated books, and ceramics created between 1920—when Miró first traveled to Paris—and the early 1950s, when he achieved global fame. Central to the exhibition is the 1925 masterpiece "The Birth of the World," which Miró described as "a sort of genesis." For this work, he poured paint uncontrollably onto canvas, then added lines and forms he had previously studied, embodying his blend of spontaneity and planning. The exhibition highlights Miró's intense engagement with poetry, his creative process, and his experimental approach to reality, enriched by international loans. On view until June 15, 2019, at MoMA, 11 West 53 Street, New York.