DURHAM, NC.- An exhibition featuring more than 50 masterpieces by Spanish-born artist Joan Miró opened Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

The Nasher Museum is the only East Coast venue for “Miró: The Experience of Seeing,” a presentation of the final 20 years of Miró’s career. The exhibition includes 27 sculptures, 18 paintings and six drawings, some of them more than 6 feet tall. All works are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. The exhibition is on view at the Nasher Museum through Feb. 22, 2015.

“We can’t wait for visitors to discover this joyous and inspirational exhibition,” said Sarah Schroth, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum. “Miró is one of the great masters of 20th century art, and this show reveals the tireless creativity he experienced in the last 20 years of his life. His large, gorgeous paintings are filled with unexpected energy of line and color. And you have never seen sculpture like this by Miró.”

In 1956, Joan Miró moved to a new studio on the island of Mallorca, Spain. Here the artist could, for the first time, reflect on decades of his work. For the remainder of his life, Miró underwent a period of tremendous productivity in painting, printmaking and sculpture.

The exhibition will be complemented by free programs at the Nasher Museum, including two Family Day events; a talk by Marshall N. Price, Nancy Hanks Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; Spanish wine tastings and musical performances; gallery tours and drawing sessions; teacher workshops and more.

The statewide public television network UNC-TV is producing a 30-minute documentary about the exhibition that will air numerous times throughout North Carolina.