Miró and the United States
By Charlotte Stace
Miró and the United States explores the exchange between Joan Miró and a generation of American artists whose creative practices reshaped 20th-century art. Bringing together over 140 works from European and American collections, the exhibition traces shared influences and artistic dialogues between Miró and figures such as Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
By foregrounding Miró’s transatlantic connections, the exhibition repositions his legacy within a wider, less Eurocentric framework - one in which the United States emerges as a key force in his artistic evolution. It also celebrates the role of pioneering women artists who redefined abstraction, gesture, and form during this transformative era.
Centred on Miró’s two major New York retrospectives (1941 and 1959) and his seven US visits between 1947 and 1968, the show captures a period of profound creative cross-pollination.