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Venue: Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation) When: Daily; not Mon
The Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation) is one of the most stunning museums in Barcelona. As well as possessing an incomparable collection of work by the 20th-century master, it also stages many impressive temporary exhibitions. Everything is displayed on gleaming white walls, lit by shafts of natural light from above.
Miró himself set up the Fundació in 1971 and it was expanded in the 1980s. The Miró archives boast thousands of drawings, 200 paintings and 150 sculptures created between 1914 and 1978. Artistic treasures by leading lights of 20th-century art also contribute to the permanent show - Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Claes Oldenburg, Henry Moore and Fernand Leger all feature. Check out, too, the reconstruction of kinetic artist Alexander Calder's Mercury Fountain outside.
Downstairs is the Espai 13, which is devoted to young up-and-coming contemporary artists. It shows cycles of exhibitions devoted to certain themes or countries and provides a refreshing contrast to the more familiar names in the hallowed halls above.
There's not only art at the museum - in the summer it also plays host to classical music concerts.
The Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation) is one of the most stunning museums in Barcelona. As well as possessing an incomparable collection of work by the 20th-century master, it also stages many impressive temporary exhibitions. Everything is displayed on gleaming white walls, lit by shafts of natural light from above.
Miró himself set up the Fundació in 1971 and it was expanded in the 1980s. The Miró archives boast thousands of drawings, 200 paintings and 150 sculptures created between 1914 and 1978. Artistic treasures by leading lights of 20th-century art also contribute to the permanent show - Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Claes Oldenburg, Henry Moore and Fernand Leger all feature. Check out, too, the reconstruction of kinetic artist Alexander Calder's Mercury Fountain outside.
Downstairs is the Espai 13, which is devoted to young up-and-coming contemporary artists. It shows cycles of exhibitions devoted to certain themes or countries and provides a refreshing contrast to the more familiar names in the hallowed halls above.
There's not only art at the museum - in the summer it also plays host to classical music concerts.
Barcelona Information
Barcelona Central Tourist Office
Address: Rbla de Catalunya, 123, 08008 Barcelona
Phone: +34 93 285 3834
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| Murder at the Museum |
12 Mar 2008 - 6 Jan 2009 Museu de Ciències Naturals |
| Twelfth Night Procession (La Cabalgata de Los Reyes Magos) |
Jan 2009 (annual) Moll de La Fusta to Montjuic |
| World Press Photo |
18 Nov - 14 Dec 2008; not Mon (annual) Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona |
| Barcelona International Jazz Festival |
23 Oct - 29 Nov 2008 (annual) Bikini |
| The Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival |
16 - 25 Oct 2008 (annual) Barcelona |
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