Joan Miró: “I want to see large birds, snakes and creatures of the night” – in pictures

When the great Spanish artist Joan Miró came to England in 1964 the place he most wanted to visit was London Zoo, and author Antony Penrose went along too as a young boy. The trip eventually inspired Antony’s new book Miro’s Magic Animals and this gallery shares charming insights into Miró’s life and love of animals, together with stunning photographs by Lee Miller

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