As part of Gaudí Year 2026, Casa Batlló in Barcelona has opened Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: Deconstructed, a new exhibition examining the creative relationships between architect Antoni Gaudí, artist Joan Miró and photographer Joaquim Gomis. Curated by Joana Seguro and Ester Ramos, the presentation combines sculpture, photography, sound and digital installations to explore the artists’ shared engagement with nature, material experimentation and the Catalan landscape.
Rather than following a chronological format, the exhibition positions the three figures within a broader cultural dialogue. Consequently, visitors encounter historical works alongside contemporary digital interventions that reveal new perspectives on their artistic connections. The project also marks the second major exhibition in Casa Batlló Contemporary’s programme, reinforcing the institution’s commitment to interdisciplinary exhibitions centred on Gaudí’s legacy.
Miró’s sculptures and Gomis’s photography revisit Gaudí’s influence
A central focus of the exhibition is a selection of original works by Joan Miró that demonstrate Gaudí’s lasting influence on his artistic practice. These include The Warrior (1970), a bronze sculpture that echoes Gaudí’s structural experimentation through its assemblage of organic forms. In addition, engravings from Miró’s Gaudí Series (1979) further explore the dialogue between architecture and sculpture.
Meanwhile, archival photographs by Joaquim Gomis document Gaudí’s architecture from a modern perspective. His images played a significant role in expanding international appreciation of the architect’s work. Alongside these historical materials, an immersive soundscape composed entirely from field recordings captured across Catalonia grounds the exhibition in the region’s physical and cultural environment.
Digital archaeology offers contemporary interpretations
Furthermore, newly commissioned installations by creative studio Tomorrow Bureau introduce a contemporary layer to the exhibition through a methodology described as “digital archaeology”. By combining archival material with cutting-edge technologies, it uncovers hidden details and proposes new readings of the artists’ relationship, one that transcends chronology to emphasize shared themes of nature, materiality, experimentation, and spirituality.
“Fictions are vehicles that give us access to other possible worlds, to a counterfactual imagination,” the artist expressed. “Such fictions, separated from the known, unconstrained by the here and now, are open to speculation, to other roads not taken. They make it possible to experience ourselves from the outside.”
As a result, the exhibition presents Gaudí, Miró and Gomis through multiple artistic disciplines while encouraging visitors to reconsider their creative intersections. Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: Deconstructed remains on view at Casa Batlló in Barcelona until January 2027.