Miró's Circus
13 November 2027 – 19 March 2028
This exhibition will explore the vibrant world of Catalan artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) and his exceptionally productive output from 1925 to 1932, including Miró’s surreal painting Tic Tic (1927), an important work in the Kettle’s Yard collection. Miró is regarded as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century.
Tic Tic is one in a series that Miró sketched in a notebook which is now held in the artist’s archives in Barcelona. A century after the work was made, this exhibition will reunite Tic Tic with other paintings from the period to uncover Miró’s influences, ideas and techniques at this pivotal moment in his career. A major influence for Miró during this time – as for many of his contemporaries – was the spectacle of the circus. The works in this exhibition will capture the circus’s spirit of spontaneity and agility, as well as the frenetic energy shared by audiences in the arena.
Access
- The galleries, where exhibitions are shown, and all areas of the Clore Learning Studio (level -1), the Research Space (level 1) and the Ede Room (level 2) are fully accessible.
- We have wheelchair accessible toilets on the lower ground (level -1), ground and first floor (level 1).
- There is a lift giving access to all floors located past the galleries, just beside the Clore Learning Studio on the ground floor.
- Kettle’s Yard welcomes assistance and service dogs in all areas.
- We have large-print versions of the wall text available.
- We can lend visitors small folding seats for taking around exhibitions or using at non-seated events. Please ask a Visitor Assistant for help finding a seat.
