The Fundació Joan Miró - UPF Chair of Contemporary Art is the result of a partnership between the Fundació Joan Miró and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). It began in October 2020 with the signing of a framework agreement that included the temporary transfer of works from the Fundació’s collection to the university, as well as the transfer of part of the bibliographic collection of contemporary art from the museum library to the UPF’s library catalogue.

The Chair has been created as a key tool to promote research, teaching and the dissemination of knowledge on Joan Miró and contemporary art. This helps to develop research projects based on the Fundació Joan Miró Collection, its exhibition programme and activities, in order to generate knowledge and share it with the world of academia and research as well as the general public.

The Chair is managed by a joint committee made up of various members of the two institutions.

As the main strands in the field of research, the Chair will define and develop joint lines of research, promote the completion of doctoral theses between the two institutions, coordinate cooperation for the implementation of joint research projects and promote knowledge transfer activities between the fields of research and industrial exploitation.

Based on the objectives of this collaboration between the Fundació Joan Miró and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, as well as the agreements of the recently established Chair, both institutions will continue to promote new initiatives and artistic research projects in order to continue developing the academic and cultural trajectory of UPF students and to broaden the Fundació’s audience and horizons.

Current projects include the creation of the Miró Campus, which aims to introduce students to curating and artistic research, the development of an industrial doctorate at the Fundació, and the organisation of a series of classes and talks.