Barcelona · Montjuïc
Fundació Joan Miró
A white museum on a hill, designed by the artist's friend to hold his own gift to the city
The roof terrace, with sculpture, sunlight and the whole city below
Miró gave his work to Barcelona and his friend Josep Lluís Sert designed a building for it in 1975: white, low, organised around courtyards, with light wells that pull Mediterranean sun down into the galleries without ever letting it fall on a canvas. It is the best building for looking at art in Spain.
The collection covers the full career, from the early Catalan landscapes to the late black paintings, plus the Mercury Fountain that Calder made for the Spanish pavilion at the 1937 Paris exhibition and which was kept here afterwards.
The detail
Good to know
- Opened
- 1975, architect Josep Lluís Sert
- Gift
- From Miró to the city of Barcelona
- Also here
- Calder's Mercury Fountain, 1937
- Getting there
- Funicular from Paral·lel
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