Joan Miró - Birth of the World

March 04, 2019

Drawn from MoMA’s unrivaled collection of Miró’s work, augmented by several key loans, this exhibition situates The Birth of the World in relation to other major works by the artist. It presents some 60 paintings, works on paper, prints, illustrated books, and objects—made primarily between 1920, the year of Miró’s first, catalytic trip to Paris, and the early 1950s, when his unique visual language became internationally renowned—to shed new light on the development of his poetic process and pictorial universe.

Organized by Anne Umland, The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Senior Curator, with Laura Braverman, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture.

Exhibition Dates: Until 15th June 2019

Exhibition Hours: 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Open seven days a week Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays

Venue: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019

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