Leonor Fini: I’m Not A Muse, I’m An Artist
Leonor Fini didn't agree with Andre Breton about the role of women in art: the father of Surrealism saw women solely as muses inspiring male genius,...
Magda Michalska 24 January 2019
Surrealism
Lee Miller And Surrealism In Britain
In the delightfully quirky Hepworth Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, is a quiet exhibition that packs a whole range of mad surrealism in three...
Wendy Gray 7 August 2018
Start The Summer With Salvador Dalí
Summer is officially on! If you're still looking for a beach where to show your artsy bikini, or a Picasso-like beach body, maybe you'll be tempted...
Magda Michalska 21 June 2018
Free as a Bird – Max Ernst, Lop Lop and the Art of Chance
The unconscious mind can serve as a revealing personal landscape. Feeding our dreams, shaping our personalities and informing our behaviour; the...
Jon Kelly 4 May 2018
Leonora Carrington And Her Surrealist Life In Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest and most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 28 April 2018
Marion Adnams: A Teacher Who Turned a Surrealist
Would you ever suspect one of your teachers to be a painter? Marion Adnams, a modern languages teacher from Derby, England turned out to be a hidden...
Magda Michalska 22 January 2018
Learn More About Man Ray’s Cadeau
Man Ray's Cadeau, 1921, editioned replica 1972, known also as a ‘Gift’, is one of the famous icons of the surrealist movement. It consists of an...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 October 2017
Join Salvador Dali in Alice’s Wonderland
Salvador Dalí was a man of many talents - the most famous of Surrealists, he created not only iconic paintings of 20th century but also Chupa Chups...
Zuzanna Stańska 16 October 2017
Salvador Dali Exhumation Shows The Truth About His Fatherhood And Mustache
Couple of weeks ago we were informing that Salvador Dali's remains will be exhumed in Spain to collect samples for use in a paternity claim. A DNA...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 September 2017
The World As Seen Through de Chirico’s Surrealistic Eyes
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist born in Greece in 1888. He started his education in Athens and Florence. Later he attended The Academy of...
Pola Otterstein 1 September 2017
Salvador Dali’s Body To Be Exhumed For Paternity Test
A Spanish court has ordered the remains of Salvador Dalí to be exhumed in an attempt to extract DNA for a paternity claim from a woman born in...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 July 2017
9 Things You Must Know About Joan Miro
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. His work has been interpreted as Surrealism but it's difficult to put...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 April 2017
