Reincarnation VI: To Court
In the spring of 1986, the Fundació Joan Miró was dressed as a bride. White artificial flowers blossomed from its centenary olive tree to become its bouquet, and as for its veil, a very long pink and blue tulle in the shape of a cod covered almost a hundred metres of the exhibition rooms, exorcising the museum of any evil eye on its way to the altar.
The intervention was part of Antoni Miralda's Honeymoon project, in which the artist dreamed of a symbolic wedding between the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Columbus Monument in Barcelona, as a metaphor for the union of the two worlds looking at each other across the ocean. Spanning a ritual calendar of six years, Honeymoon was based on the progression of a series of acts and ceremonies typical of any wedding, with the third act being the Pre-wedding events, which took place at the Fundació Joan Miró.
For three weeks, the museum became a place where people could not only fall in love, but also reflect on the pitfalls of history through the monuments that each culture builds to explain itself. When Liberty and Columbus marry, a multitude of stories and commitments come into play. Theirs is a strategic bond, a marriage of convenience between colonial powers that need each other to maintain the racist, patriarchal order that sustains the Global North.
In collaboration with La Escocesa.
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Duration
1 hour
Place
Auditorium of the Fundació Joan Miró
Dates
14 February 2026
Price
10€, 5€ Friends of the Fundació Joan Miró
Reservations
Online tickets (coming soon)
