The small oil painting came into the Foundation’s collection in 1975 following the death of Joan Prats, a friend and early Miró champion who had been gifted the work by the artist. In fact ...

Monday, April 20, 1981, was artist Joan Miró's 88th birthday. It was also the day that Mayor Jane Byrne pulled a cord to ...

Joan Miro (1893-1983), one of the greatest ... I used the past tense above because I recently attended an exhibition of Miro’s works at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and was totally amazed ...

“After he died,” says Laura Coyle, curator of European Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, “art historians and curators took over, and they cared only about his early work.

Spanish Catalan artist Joan Miró's famous Chicago sculpture was unveiled next to what is now called the Cook County Administration Building. Before the unveiling, renowned Channel 2 anchorman Bill ...

Mayor Jane Byrne unveiled Spanish Catalan artist Joan Miró's Chicago sculpture next to what is now known as the George W. Dunne Cook County Administration Building on April 20, 1981. Bob Wallace ...