Iconic Miró

111. If you are visiting Barcelona or you are just a local wanting to visit our cultural options, the Miró mueusm experience is like entering a different world. I just love this place! Miró is such a  colorful artist. Very well known in Barcelona and Spain was the one in charge of creating the logo behind the "Spain brand". You can see a picture of it on the right column. ​

The idea for the foundation was made in 1968 by Joan Miró. Miró formed the foundation with his friend Joan Prats.Miró wanted to create a new building that would encourage particularly younger artists to experiment with contemporary art. The building was designed by Josep Lluís Sert to ensure that this work could also be made available to the public and exhibited. He designed the building with courtyards and terraces and to create a natural path for visitors to move through the building.
Building began on the mountain of Montjuïc and the foundation opened on 10 June 1975.
Expansion in 1986 to the building added an auditorium and a library which holds some of the 10,000 items in the Foundation and Miró's collection.
[Source: Miro Foundation & Wikipedia support] 

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Location: Parc de Montjuïc
08038 Barcelona
Telf:  934 439 470
​Web: http://www.fmirobcn.org/fundacio/es_estructura-interna/