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Joan Miró Foundation
The Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation) possesses an incomparable collection of work by the 20th-century master, and 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.
When:Daily; not Mon
Where:Joan Miró Foundation
Cost:Permanent collection €7.50; concessions €5
Temporary exhibitions €4; concessions €3
Opening Hours:Tue-Sat 10am-7pm (until 9.30pm Thu, until 8pm Jul-Sep); Sun 10am-2.30pm