20/04/2026
Joan Miró — A dialogue with Calder, woven in Aubusson
On the occasion of Joan Miró’s birthday, we celebrate not only his singular poetic language, but also the extraordinary creative dialogues that shaped the modern tapestry movement.
These images capture a rare moment: Miró alongside Alexander Calder, standing before a tapestry—two masters united by a shared vision of translating painting into textile.
From Calder’s studio in Saché, where the composition first appears laid on the floor, to its final monumental presence in an interior, the transformation is striking. What begins as a gesture becomes architecture.
Calder’s tapestries, produced in Aubusson in the 1960s and 1970s, embody this shift:
from mobile to mural, from movement in space to movement woven into surface.
At Galerie Hadjer, we are proud to champion this overlooked dimension of Calder’s work—where color, scale, and material converge with a rare sense of balance and vitality.
A woven language, shared between artists. A modernity still unfolding.
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