Joan Miró moved to Mallorca permanently in 1956, drawn by the island's light and his deep roots there through his wife Pilar Juncosa. His studio and home in the Cala Major neighbourhood, southwest of the city centre, became the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró after his death in 1983. The foundation holds the largest collection of Miró's work in the world: paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphic work, and ceramic pieces spanning his entire career.
The purpose-built exhibition building designed by Rafael Moneo in 1992 provides context for the work, but the real heart of the foundation is Son Boter — Miró's old farmhouse studio — and the Taller Sert, the architect Josep Lluís Sert's purpose-designed studio built for Miró in 1956 and left intact. Walking through the studios, with canvases and materials still in place, gives a vivid sense of how the artist worked. The surrounding garden contains large-scale sculptures and is pleasant to wander. The foundation is about 4 kilometres southwest of the city centre; bus or taxi is the practical way to get there.