These five bizarre Surrealist artworks are not what they seem
Dismissed by some as unserious or silly, Surrealist art was in fact largely born out of the brutal trauma of living under ...
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Surrealism Is Turning 100. See the Dreamlike Paintings That Made the Movement So Revolutionary
A blockbuster exhibition in Paris is showcasing 500 artifacts and artworks in honor of the Surrealist Manifesto, which ...
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Iconic Magritte Work Could Set a New Record at Christie’s
In October, 1924, André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto in Paris, demanding a break from ... sprung up around Breton with the likes of Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Paul Éluard, and ...
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Kate Winslet stars as model, muse and war photographer Lee Miller in biopic Lee
Miller, an American expat, and her British husband would spend the weekends at Farley House with their famous friends, such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst ... she moved to Paris, where she persuaded ...
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‘The Buyers Are Back’: In Paris, the Mood Was Buoyant, Even If Not Everyone Was Selling
Works by Wesselmann, as well as leading Surrealist and Arte Povera artists, could be spotted all over Art Basel Paris, led by a large Max Ernst painting, Cage, foret et soleil noir (1927), priced ...
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Leonora Carrington, Portrait of Max Ernst
Leonora Carrington first met and fell in love with the surrealist artist Max Ernst at a dinner party in London in 1937; they immediately started a relationship. Soon after Carrington moved to Paris to ...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This November
Female subjectivity in the work of Leonor Fini and Leonora Carrington, Christopher Suarez’s odes to the parking lot, Yolanda ...
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Leonora Carrington La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman) to be offered at Sotheby’s.
The most significant sculpture ever created by Leonora Carrington will be offered at Sotheby’s this November during the ...
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Surrealism movement turns 100
German painter Max Ernst (1891-1976), also a Surrealist ... a woman with a violin for a body "Le Violon d'Ingres," taken in Paris in 1924, was sold two years ago for $12.4 million (€11.4 ...
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This week in history: October 14-20
100 years ago: First Manifesto of Surrealism published in Paris On October 15 ... Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray, Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti, and Antonin Artaud.
Did Dutch master Van Gogh have a Goth phase?
A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the ...