Joan Miró (1893–1983) once famously declared that he wanted to assas­si­nate painting. Today he is recog­nized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. With a focused solo exhi­bi­tion, the SCHIRN presents a previ­ously little-discussed aspect of the Catalan artist’s work: Miró's pref­er­ence for large-scale formats and his fasci­na­tion with the wall. From early on, the wall was the starting point for his painting – the wall as an object to be depicted, and which at the same time would deter­mine the phys­ical and tactile quality of his painting. Miró distanced himself from the simple repro­duc­tion of reality and equated the picture plane with the wall. By using different colored grounds, coarse burlap, Masonite (hard­board), sand­paper and tarpaper, he created unique visual worlds of monu­mental dimen­sions and outstanding mate­ri­ality.

The exhi­bi­tion covers over half a century of Miró’s oeuvre, begin­ning with his emblem­atic painting "The Farm" (1921/22), and contin­uing with his iconic dream paint­ings of the 1920s, his key work "Painting (The Magic of Color)" from 1930, his works and frieze formats painted on uncon­ven­tional grounds in the 1940s and 1950s, to the bril­liant late works such as the monu­mental trip­tych "Blue I–III" (1961) and the extra­or­di­nary "Paint­ings I–III" (1973). With this exhi­bi­tion, which includes around 50 works of art from promi­nent museums world­wide, such as the National Gallery of Art, Wash­ington DC, the Solomon R. Guggen­heim Museum, New York, the Museo Reina Sofía Madrid and the Centre Pompidou, Paris as well as impor­tant private collec­tions, the SCHIRN opens up an entirely new approach to Miró's art.

This monographic exhibition is the first specific inquiry into the role of the object in the work of Joan Miró. Curated by William Jeffett, Miró and the Object looks at how the artist began with pictorial representations of objects and then moved on to physically incorporating them in his works through collage and assemblage, before finally arriving at sculpture. The exhibition narrative shows how Miró's exploration of the world of objects led him to work with different techniques and methods.The selection includes paintings, collages, objects, ceramics, and sculptures from the Fundació Joan Miró, along with singular pieces from public and private European and American collections. Miró and the Object sets out to show how Miró defied painting in the late twenties, and how his respect and intense dialogue with the objects around him helped to bring about a profound transformation of the concept of art in the twentieth century.

At the crossroads of art, literature and ethnography, this exhibition dedicated to Michel Leiris (1901-1990) is the first of its kind. As a prominent 20th century intellectual, though relatively unknown, Leiris was both a poet and an autobiographical writer, as well as a professional ethnographer and very close friend of many great artists and writers of his times.

Encompassing nearly 350 works, including many masterpieces by his closest artist friends (Miró, Masson, Giacometti, Picasso, Bacon…), African and Caribbean artefacts and works of art, a wide array of manuscripts, books, films and music, this exhibition aims at shedding light upon Michel Leiris' multi-faceted character, his passions and commitments. It equally sets out to highlight the innovative aspect of his oeuvre and the pertinence of his ideas, which, at a time of globalisation and post-colonial studies, have made him an essential contemporary reference.

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), hosts a comprehensive exhibition consisting of the Catalan artist and sculptor Joan Miró, born in Barcelona. This exhibition, titled ‘Joan Miró. Women, Birds and Stars’ focuses on the maturity period of the groundbreaking and multi-faceted artist. The exhibition, made possible with the sponsorship of Sabancı Holding and organized in collaboration with the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, as well as the family collection in Mallorca, will be open to the public between the dates of September 23, 2014 – February 1, 2015. The exhibition focuses on woman, bird and star themes of Miró, who was heavily inspired by his observations on the Mediterranean geography and people throughout his career. The exhibition will provide the opportunity for viewers to understand the symbolic language of the artist through a rich selection of artworks in different mediums such as oil on canvas, sculpture, lithography and ceramics. With this exhibition, art enthusiasts in Istanbul will be able to witness the various interpretations of the energy the artist drew from the Mediterranean culture.

With his imaginative pictorial motifs, Joan Miró is one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. The Albertina is dedicating a solo exhibition to the Catalonian artist containing around 100 paintings, drawings and objects, which strives to emphasise the poetic quality of the famous Surrealist.