Surrealism
Surrealism
A fragmented film portrait of Suzanne Césaire, the feminist intellectual who influenced Surrealism and Négritude
The film-maker Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” is showing at the New York Film Festival
Pucker up: Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at Surrealist hub in West Sussex
Monthly public tours will reveal one of the UK’s most prestigious collections of Surrealist art, featuring works by Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and Leonora Carrington
‘Dalí wanted his mouth to be very realistic’: fabled lip sofa prototype at heart of new Surrealist show in Paris
An exhibition of furniture at Galerie Poggi highlights the achievements of the mid-century Spanish design company BD Barcelona Design
‘A collective adventure’: Paris exhibition celebrates a century since the birth of Surrealism
André Breton’s rarely seen handwritten Surrealist manifesto will take centre stage at a Centre Pompidou exhibition, which includes masterpieces of the movement and gives prominence to overlooked artists
The next Frida Kahlo? Exhibition lifts the lid on legacy of art market darling Leonora Carrington
A UK selling show—curated by Carrington's cousin—taps into a growing interest in the Mexico-based Surrealist artist
San Francisco gallery capitalises on Leonora Carrington’s auction success
Fairgoers flock to stand dedicated to the Surrealist artist after Sotheby’s sale of painting last month for $28.5m
Surrealist pioneer Eileen Agar's remarkable life
A new edition of her 1980s autobiography brings this vivacious and well-connected artist back to life
Collectors stampeding to Lucy Bull's 'visionary' abstractions
The young Los Angeles-based painter is riding the ups and downs of her spectacular market breakout
Major Leonora Carrington painting poised to smash Surrealist’s auction record
The artist’s dazzling, Boschian composition “Les Distractions de Dagobert” is expected to fetch as much as $18m at Sotheby’s in New York next month
Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show
Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance
What to look out for in 2024: market predictions and must-see exhibitions
From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met
Unpacking America’s psychology: a deep dive into the career of Arthur Tress
A new book, which accompanies a Getty Center retrospective, explores the photographer’s documentation of the nation’s more sinister side
Surrealist Leonor Fini makes a Miami Beach splash
Amid surging interest in women Surrealists, Galerie Minsky and Weinstein Gallery devoted their joint stand to the Argentine painter
'Where Dalí became who he was’: new museum in artist's childhood home offers insight into his earliest years
The house where Dalí was born has been transformed into an immersive cultural experience, featuring intimate family spaces and grand technological installations
Why Les Lalanne are in high demand
Buyers are flocking to nature-inspired works by the French artists François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne
A new book paints a colourful picture of the little known Mary Wykeham—poet, Surrealist, war artist and nun
The British artist retreated from her remarkable career to embrace a religious life
Take a magical mystery tour of Remedios Varo's surreal paintings in major new exhibition
A survey show at the Art Institute of Chicago brings together the Spanish Mexican artist’s extraordinary paintings and reveals new insights about their creation
New book on the Surrealist Leonora Carrington emphasises the influence of place in her art
An illustrated biography of the British-born Mexico-based artist is illuminated by the spaces she occupied
The surprising home of Surrealism in New York is chronicled in new book
Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 became a crucible for American and European artists during the Second World War
Mysterious Picasso portrait may be the key to Adrienne Fidelin’s place in art history
Fidelin, a Black dancer and model who was Man Ray’s partner and muse for years, is believed to be the subject of a Picasso portrait that has not been shown publicly since 1985
Magritte painting thought to be an homage to Vermeer heads to auction in Paris
Surrealist work is estimated to make €2m at Sotheby's
Surrealist collection with ‘pioneering’ interest in exiled and women artists heads to Christie’s
Paintings by Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning among the 25 works to be sold in London
Biography peers into Surrealist Meret Oppenheim’s early years
New book is first English translation of artist’s album From Childhood to 1943 and a previously unpublished autobiographical text
Is Alice Rahon the next Surrealist rediscovery?
San Francisco dealer Wendi Norris is giving Rahon the royal treatment, with a new exhibition and online archive
An immersive exhibition celebrates the Dominican Republic’s forgotten Surrealist in his hometown
Ivan Tovar, who created a singular oeuvre in Paris and Santo Domingo throughout the 20th century, is finally receiving public and commercial recognition
When Elsa Schiaparelli met Salvador Dalí: exhibition explores fashion designer’s Surrealist influences
Paris show features the “lobster dress” that the pair created for Wallis Simpson’s wedding
Venice Biennale 2022: Louisa Buck's picks
Our contemporary art writer picks out the three things she's most looking forward to in Venice
Ghanaian pavilion: returning country's presentation to spill out across Venice
For its second appearance at the Biennale, Ghana will install modular bamboo structures in locations around the city
Under a revolutionary, emancipatory spell: Venice exhibition explores Surrealism’s interest in the occult
Major show at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection includes works by leading lights of Surrealism, including Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning
The odd story behind Magritte’s castle in the air painting
The work was commissioned by a New York lawyer to cover an ugly view from his office and now takes centre stage in a new show in Jerusalem