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The Tate Modern Will Get Surreal with a Big Miró Retrospective

Fans of Joan Miró's surreal masterpieces will want to go art-tripping in London. The Tate Modern will open "Joan Miró: Ladder of Escape," a rare chance to see more than 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints from the Catalan artist. Opening on April 14, it will be the first major retrospective of Miró's work in London in nearly 50 years.

Dubbed the forefather of Abstract Expressionism, Miró's known for creating Surrealist language of symbols to convey his ideas of freedom and energy. His colorful works have a serene quality to them, but there are also pieces that reflect the turbulent political times in which the artist lived, which ranges from the Spanish Civil War to World War II.

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Huge Crack Splits Tate Gallery Floor

Art gallery installations are really getting interesting. In London, the Tate Modern already made gallery visits fun with its spiraling giant slide installation, and now the newest exhibition in the enormous Turbine Hall is quite simply a crack in the floor.

The installation by Colombian artist Doris Salcedo is titled Shibboleth, and what might look like a crack in the floor to some is actually, apparently, hugely meaningful:

It represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of segregation, the experience of racial hatred.

Interestingly, when the installation is over, Tate staff will "remove" it simply by filling in the crack, leaving just a concrete scar behind. And don't fret: The crack has been approved by health and safety experts and the gallery has large warning signs so that nobody falls in.

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[Photo: Tate Modern]