* From emptiness, a quip Nov 4, 2009
He remembers reading about X or at least looking at pictures of works by X Jackson Pollock, Joan Miro and Salvador Dali at a time when Taiwanese art magazines didnt exist. At home, at school, and in society there was a feeling you couldnt think freely, so when you saw Jackson Pollock and that kind of stuff you felt free, so you wanted to create something with the same kind of feeling, he says. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Barcelona: By cable car, bike, or on a stroll Sep 4, 2009
"Woman and Bird," the creation of Joan Miro, a Barcelonan painter and sculptor, stands in the Joan Miro Park. More of his work is on display at the Miro Museum on Montjuic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Visit Barcelona's Vicky Cristina Mo... Jul 7, 2009
Fundaci; Mir; Paying homage to one of Catalonia s premier 20th-century artists, Joan Miro, the museum shows more than 400 of his works, including the terrace sculpture that Vicky, Cristina and Judy admire. Look for Miro s sculptures elsewhere in Barcelona. (Suite101.com)
Magritte Museum a big-time hit for little ones Jun 17, 2009
Overall the museum is like the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice meets the Fundacio Joan Miro (Miro Museum) in Barcelona without their fantastic rooftop accessibility yet. However what sets this museum aside from many of its European counterparts is whats in store for the kids. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Art.view: Hard times Jun 16, 2009
She identifies Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso's later works as being under-priced. But in Picasso's case this is a relative judgement. (The Economist)
UN health agency wins prestigious Spanish prize May 27, 2009
Each carries a euro50,000 ($70,000) cash stipend and a sculpture by Joan Miro. The prizes are named after Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, whose formal title is Prince of Asturias, a region of northern Spain. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
* Plus ça change ... Apr 29, 2009
Ottinger was in Taipei this month to organize and open Arcadie, a joint exhibit by the Pompidou Center and the TFAM that features works by major modernist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Georges Braques and Henri Matisse. Arcadie (Arcadia) is on display at TFAM, galleries 1A and 1B. The museum is located at 181, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (x_s_Tq181) until July 12. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
NYC spring art auctions will be smaller Apr 28, 2009
Christie's has three works by Giacometti, Henry Matisse and Joan Miro belonging to Carrel Gimbal Lebworth of Gimbel's department store fame. All three represent pivotal points in the artists' careers and have never been to auction. (AZCentral -- Business)
David Scott; led galleries at Smithsonian Apr 7, 2009
He also was involved with the gallery's acquisition and installation of the Alexander Calder mobile "Untitled" (1976) and the Joan Miro tapestry "Woman" (1977). After his retirement from the National Gallery in 1984, Dr. Scott worked as a consultant for art and gallery projects throughout the United States and Canada and in preliminary planning for the remodeling of the Louvre museum in Paris. (Boston Globe)
* One foot in the East, one in the West Mar 25, 2009
Chiang said he viewed the work of impressionist masters such as Gauguin and Cezanne and later the surrealist forms of Joan Miro as a means of broadening the scope of his art, free of contextual interference. Akin to Chus landscapes, Chiang employs the thick, black brushstrokes that characterise calligraphy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
KJ Lang: Artist collaborates with child Mar 20, 2009
Great painters such as Joan Miro and Paul Klee have made it a mission to embody childhood imagination in their art - to create artwork not tied to an analytical view of world like adults might do, said Williams Terpstra. With the red scribble staring her in the face, Williams Terpstra needed to make a decision: Tell her son no - or involve him in the creative process. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Gary Kelley displays new work from trip to France Feb 22, 2009
They also visited the Maeght Foundation, a museum of contemporary and modern art, including Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder and Joan Miro. Also on the itinerary was Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Cote a Azur and Jean Cocteau s murals at Chapel of St. Peter. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
