The Nasher Museum presents Miró: The Experience of Seeing, an exhilarating exhibition of works by Spanish-born artist Joan Miró. This is the first-ever presentation of the final 20 years of Miró’s career. Don’t miss the only East Coast venue for this special ticketed exhibition. All works are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

In 1956, Joan Miró moved to a new studio on the island of Mallorca, Spain. Here the artist could, for the first time, gather together and reflect on decades of his work. For the remainder of his life, Miró underwent a period of tremendous productivity in painting, printmaking and sculpture. The exhibition reveals a tireless creativity and an intimate connection to nature and the human figure. Come and discover this joyous and inspirational late work by one of the great masters of 20th century art.

VIDEO CLIPS ABOVE: Pere Portabella, Miró l’altre (Miró the Other) (detail), 1969. Video (color, sound), 15:00 minute loop, Production: Films 59. In the 1960s, the dictatorial Franco regime attempted to improve its reputation in Spain by associating itself with major Catalan artists and staging exhibitions of their work. In 1968, one such exhibition was organized with the work of Miró, who neither supported nor cooperated with the project. One year later, Miró’s 1969 exhibition at the College of Architects in Barcelona was staged as a response to the regime’s attempt to exploit his name, and stood as a protest against Franco’s government in general. Filmed by Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella, Miró l’altre (Miró the Other) shows Miró painting a mural on the exterior windows of the college and later, after the exhibition had closed, washing the artwork away with the help of the building’s janitorial staff. Highlighting the ephemeral and process-based nature of Miró’s work, the filmmaker emphasizes “the radical subversion” of this destructive act as an expression of opposition to both the Franco regime and the traditionally-defined static nature of painting.