Joan Miro
A guard walks by Joan Miro's 'Peinture' (R) and Pablo Picasso's 'Femme Assise Sur Fond Bleu-Rouge' (L) during a press preview for Sotheby's Masters Auction April 27, 2012 in New York. The auction of Impressionist and Modern art will take place on May 2, 2012 in New York City.
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Sotheby’s Wants $23 Million for a Starry Miro Painting
By Kelly Crow In 1927, Surrealist painter Joan Miro slathered royal-blue paint on a nearly 4-foot-tall canvas before adding a group of wiry, black lines and colorful geometric shapes. The result, “Painting (Blue Star),” is now considered to be a telltale from Wall Street Journal Blogs Read more »
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Grants provide $250K to fix Miro mural in Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The art museum at Wichita State University will use a $250,000 grant to repair a massive mosaic by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The money comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. T from Madison.com Read more »
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Depardieu's Miro up for sale
A painting by Spanish surrealist master Joan Miro previously owned by Oscar nominated French actor Gerard Depardieu is the centerpiece of Christie's upcoming impressionist and modern art auction in Paris. The work titled "the lizard with golden feathers" from Reuters Read more »
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Art for IP’s sake
Or, rather, the opposite: Wendy Seltzer reports that a modified Google logo posted on April 20th, in the style of a Joan Miro painting and made in honor of the Spanish artist’s birthday, was removed after “his family and the Artist’s Rights Society asked from Likelihood of Confusion Read more »
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Hotter than Barcelona was the headline on the front of the Observer a few days before I flew to Catalonia. My brother emailed: “The Spanish love to strike. You might have to wait an hour for a bus from the airport.” I waited an hour, no bus arrived but I from 3AM Magazine Read more »
