Extremely knowledgeable and very accommodating. Superb guide
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- Live guide commentary
- Entrance fee to the museum.
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- Transport
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Explore the life of the great Spanish artist, Joan Miró at the Fundació Joan Miró with your art-historian private guide. His simple forms and primary colors forged a highly personal artistic universe. Marvel at the striking building by the architect and friend of Miró, Josep Lluís Sert. But above all, it is a work of art by two unique artists and one of the city’s cultural icons, a fusion of art, architecture, and landscape. Learn an in-depth understanding of the creative process of the Catalan genius. Explore the collection of contemporary art consisting of gifts and loans from leading artists. Balthus, Anthony Caro, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Julio González, Wifredo Lam, Fernand Léger, André Masson, Robert Motherwell, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Antonio Saura, Yves Tanguy and Antoni Tàpies, among others.
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My teenage son and I had a great private tour with Veronica! Veronica brought the art to life and explained Miro’s life and all the characters who influenced him. Veronica also taught us how to interpret the symbols in Miro’s art. Highly recommend!
Laura was a wonderful guide! She was very knowledgeable about art and the history of Miro. Would book this tour again.
Laura was a wonderful guide, warm, friendly, and knowledgeable. She is evidently a magician as well, as it seemed as if she spent more time with us then she actually did, a testament to how much information she conveyed during our time at the museum. The museum is beautiful, the gift shop and bookstore are wonderful, and the cafe is also too notch. I recommend the Catalan Cod. Overall, the private tour is well worth your time and money. Ask for Laura, to be your guide.
Having a knowledgeable guide makes all the difference We were able to easily make our way through the gallery and bypass most of the crowds
Laura was awesome! Very informative, knowledgeable and passionate about the artist and the city. She was patient w us and gave us lots of insight.
I didn’t feel as tho I learned much from the guide….she repeated herself many many times but in doing so she didn’t impart knowledge to me. In fact, I wondered if she was not deeply familiar with Miro. Very expensive tour / not worth it
Laura gave us an interesting, knowlegeable tour, explaining how history, cross-pollination and innovative artistic ideas motivated Miró's art. She was engaging, willing to go "off script" to answer our specific questions, and compressed a lot of information into a compact tour. Highly recommended!!
Laura was a wonderful tour guide! Fluent in English, went at our pace. Extremely knowledgeable about Miró, his art and him personally. We had the fabulous experience of the Miro-Picasso exhibition, which was wonderful, and Laura provided amazing context of their history and lifelong friendship. Highly recommend this museum and Laura as guide!
If we would have known that 2/3s of the exhibit was closed because of the upcoming Miro Picasso event, we would not have gone. I think this is something that Viator should have been aware of and told us ahead of time. The people accepting tickets also had a hard time finding out tickets with the tickets provided on our iPhone. We were a bit early for the tour,they couldn’t find info for our guide and we were done within 30 mins so we missed each other. Not the guide’s fault.
Laura our guide was good and knowledgeable about the museum. IMHO the museum was not crowded since you have to go up the mountain to see it so not necessary for skip the line. It is also small enough and has good written explanations that maybe not necessary for a guide if you take time to read.
Laura was a superb guide for this private tour of the site. We loved Miro going into this and learned to love him even more! This building was designed by Miro to showcase his paintings, sculptures, and tapestries. Miro placed the art throughout which is unheard of! Do not miss the gifted Calder mercury sculpture.
Our guide was the most fantastic guide we had this trip. Carles(correct spelling) was incredibly knowledgeable and with great perception of how different my husband and I absorb art. His docent technique was high level, asking us questions that made us think about concepts giving us a broad view of Miró and the development of his style over time. Great sense of humor! And of course Miró is inspiring! Make sure you see Miró's public art around town.
The Miro Foundation is a must see, this is my third visit. Knowing about Miro is know more about Catalan and Spanish history and people. Enjoy the walk up from the city, enjoy the view. Jordi’s tour gave me insight into Miro’s work I wouldn’t have otherwise had on my own. I saw the art with new eyes.
Private guided tour (our family of 5) very interesting by one of the most competent individuals. This museum is truly welcoming, open to nature, showcasing works from all eras. Even the children loved it.
The other face of Barcelona! The Joan Miró Foundation, originally named the Centre for Contemporary Art Studies in Barcelona, is a private institution whose main activity is the conservation and exhibition of works by Joan Miró. This project was previously studied at length by the artist and his relatives, notably Joan Prats, who died in 1970, and whose first exhibition hall bears the name. This institution also carries out its activities on the contemporary art scene, both in the visual arts and in music and the live arts. It was built in 1975 under the direction of Josep Lluís Sert, friend of Joan Miró, for whom he built his workshop in 1956. The site of the foundation, donated by the city of Barcelona, is located in Montjuïc. To book in advance!
Nice to know more of MIró, which I had little knowledge. The space is very incredible, well airy, lots of children will. The audiobook is in your cell phone, so take yours. There's an ET at the entrance....don't forget to see no only the front of it....there's a surprise in the back, which few people know.
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