Dismissed or trivialised by some as unserious and silly, Surrealist art was in fact largely born out of the brutal trauma of living under fascism, as these five striking works reveal. It's a ...

Let’s assume, as a flurry of exhibitions have this year, that the appearance of Breton’s manifesto, a century ago, marks the birth of Surrealism as we know it. This would mean that people have ...

Now, to mark the manifesto’s 100th anniversary, a new exhibition in Paris is examining Surrealism’s enduring global impact. Titled “Surrealism,” the show incorporates more than 500 ...

The new volume Les portes du rêve: 1924–2024 Surrealism Through Its Journals, edited by artist Franca Franchi and published to coincide with the manifestos’ centenary, aims to address and ...

This April the San Francisco Public Library celebrates the 100th anniversary of Surrealism with film screenings, book displays, a collage workshop and pop-ups, an online art history presentation ...

Photo by Man Ray of Gala playing with a squirrel around 1925 (© Succession Paul Éluard) Gala’s centrality earned her the moniker “the Mother of Surrealism,” as she witnessed the movement ...

“Surrealism is in fact the reaction of young people who have been sent to the war when they were 20 years old, at least,” said Ottinger. “And finally, they came back and wanted to destroy ...