A Pop-Up Exhibition & Panel Discussion | Architecture and the Question of Democracy Series

Dates: May 8 – May 17, 2026
Panel Discussion & Reception: May 9
Location: Dupont Underground
Cost: $5.00

About the Event

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, and in dialogue with Miró and the United Statesexhibition at the Fundació Joan Miró and The Phillips Collection, Dupont Underground presents a nine-day pop-up exploring on the transformative power of creative collaboration.

Miró and Sert: Art, Architecture, and Resistancetraces the decades-long friendship between artist Joan Miró and architect Josep Lluís Sert.

Structured as a journeybackward in time—from the iconic Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona to the 1937 Spanish Pavilion in Paris—the exhibition reveals how art and architecture became instruments of cultural resistance, creating spaces for freedom and democracy in the shadow of exile and dictatorship.

Highlights

• The Exhibition: Photographs, archival materials, and architectural documents—including those of Sert’s own archive and well-known photographer Joaquim Gomis. Sources: theFundació Joan Miró; Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya; The Josep LluísSert Collection. Frances Loeb Library. Harvard Graduate School of Design.

• Key Sites: The Fundació Joan Miró (1975), Fondation Maeght (1964), Joan Miró’s studio in Mallorca (1956), and the 1937 Spanish Pavilion in the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniquesdans la Vie Moderne.

• The Series:Architecture and the Question of Democracy, highlight Dupont Underground’s commitment to transnational cultural exchange and dialogue.

Special Feature: Panel Discussion & Reception

A conversation for artists, architects, students, designers, and anyone thinking about how to act, create, and engage today.

• Saturday, May 9 | 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Free Community Day)

Join us for a panel discussion asking:

“What can art and architecture do in difficult times? Miró, Sert, and the Future of Public Space" moderated by Lorena Bello(Harvard GSD) featuring panelists Elsa Smithgall (The Phillips Collection), Robert Lubar(Miró Scholar), and Eric Mumford (Washington University in St. Louis).

Followed by a reception featuring an in-kind donation from Catalonia Trade & Investment, Generalitat de Catalunya.