Surrealist Calendar

Curated by Tobias Feldmann under the guidance of Director and Chief Curator Sabine Eckmann.
Historical documentary materials accompany a display of work by exiled artists including Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Matta, Yves Tanguy, among others, contextualizing their artistic practice during the wartime era.

Drawn entirely from the Menil's permanent holdings, this exhibition reunites a group of paintings from the May 1953 exhibition mounted by Alexander Iolas Gallery in New York titled Rome, 1949-1953, and containing seventeen abstract paintings created after the artist's relocation from the United States to Italy.

In association with Adler Beatty.
Nine works on paper owned by Varo's doctor and friend in this gallery's third Remedios Varo exhibition.

Curated by Dr. Rachel Silveri.
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist movement, this exhibition features over 35 works by 26 artists, including Gertrude Abercrombie, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Lee Krasner, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Roberto Matta, and many others.

Curated by Ingried Brugger.
Matta himself coined the term "technique of psychological morphologies". His paintings always depict a kind of "inner landscape", which Matta called "inscape". Transcendence, mysticism and the automatism so important to surrealism are Matta's constant companions. Technically, the application of paint with a sponge is typical; only then did Matta work on his canvases with a brush. Fluidity and the blasting of boundaries as well as topical political references are - and this continues to make Matta a pillar of contemporary art production - essential conditions of his artistic output. His politically alert mind and his unconditional commitment to an open society also make him appear from today's perspective as a pioneer of an art that not only demanded the social responsibility of artistic endeavour, but actively lived it.

A set of fifty-four works by artists who explored the universe of the subconscious and the dreamlike, developing a particular vision of the world whose weightless forms, disfigured or biomorphic, invite us to dream and imagine abyssal depths, subterranean areas, fantastic cosmogonies, and symbolic worlds generated by the individual experience of each artist.

Curated by Dr. Gannit Ankori.
An intimate display of Frida Kahlo's Itzcuintli Dog and Me (1938), generously loaned from a private collection. Framing the painting are photographs of Kahlo taken by her beloved father, Guillermo Kahlo (1871-1941), and her close friend and lover Nicholas Muray (1892-1965).

Celebrating 100 years of surrealism with an exhibition on Belgium's famous avant-garde movement spanning no less than 60 years and including works by Rachel Baes, Giorgio De Chirico, Paul Delvaux, Max Ernst, Jane Graverol, René Magritte, Marcel Mariën, Paul Nougé, Yves Tanguy, and many others.

The 1949 Diego y yo (Diego and I) and the 1942 Autorretrato con chango y loro (Self-portrait with monkey and parrot) paintings serve as centerpieces alongside a considerable collection of documents, including Frida Kahlo's photographs, letters and personal effects.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Breton's Surrealist Manifesto, this exhibition primarily showcases Japanese paintings influenced by Surrealism and introduces the development of diverse images while reflecting on the era in which these artists lived.

Curated by Francisca Vandepitte for the RMFAB.

Curated by Didier Ottinger and Marie Sarré for the Centre Pompidou.

Curated by Dr. Annabelle Görgen-Lammers assisted by Maria Sitte for the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Blockbuster traveling show marking the centennial of the Surrealist movement. Each partnering museum will host the core of the travelling exhibition, with a focus on their own collections. Brussels aims to deliver a comprehensive understanding of surrealism viewed from a symbolist perspective, showcasing over 130 artworks, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, assemblages, and photographs.

While Brussels celebrates the 100th anniversary of surrealism, some of René Magritte's works will be traveling so it is taking advantage of this period to create a dialogue between the fascinating world of Magritte and the poetic creations of Jean-Michel Folon.

Curated by María Elena Ortiz.
Inspired by the essay 1943: Surrealism and Us by Suzanne Césaire and the history of Surrealism in the Caribbean with connections to notions of the Afrosurreal in the United States, this presentation includes over 50 works from the 1940s to the present day, in a wide range of media such as painting, sculpture, drawing, video, and installation.

Curated by Dr. Mateo Kries with assistant Tanja Cunz.
Exploring the close dialogue between surrealism and design over the last hundred years and presenting both pioneering works from the 1930s and contemporary projects, bringing together design furniture and graphic design, fashion, decoration and photography.

Curated by Marco Costantini and Amélie Bannwart.
This exhibition will take visitors back to the origins of its host institution's contemporary glass art collection, now the largest in Europe, with glass works by Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, and Max Ernst, among others, tracing the links between the history of the collection and the surrealist movement.

Curated from a private collection, this exhibition explores the artist's extensive social contacts while presenting some of his most iconic works along with highlighting the innovations in photography made by Man Ray in Paris in the 1920s and 30s.

Curated by Juri Steiner and Pierre-Henri Foulon, assisted by Paolo Baggi.
Borrowing its title from a review published between 1928-1930 by a splinter group of French Surrealist artists who vehemently refused to rally to André Breton's movement, here is the first thematic exhibition devoted to Surrealism at MCBA since 1987, organised in three sequences focused on three games: chess, Tarot, and dice. Featuring works by Rachel Baes, Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, André Breton, Claude Cahun, Nicolas Calas, Leonora Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun, Salvador Dalí, Lise Deharme, Maya Deren, Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Duhamel, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Esteban Frances, Wilhelm Freddie, Jane Graverol, Maurice Henry, Jacques Herold, Georges Hugnet, Valentine Hugo, Wilfredo Lam, René Magritte, Marcel Mariën, Mayo, Pierre Molinier, Meret Oppenheim, Benjamin Péret, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Robert Rius, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, Toyen, Remedios Varo, Unica Zürn, among many others.

Over 100 major works by over 50 artists, drawn entirely from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland, including Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Leonora Carrington, and Dorothea Tanning. All the artworks on display, ranging from painting, sculpture, frottage, collage, photography, manuscripts, and books, are presented in China for the first time.

Curated by Chiara Parisi.
150 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, periodicals and archive documents never before exhibited from important public and private American, German, Swiss, Belgian, Italian and French collections tracing Masson's career, painting a picture of a multifaceted artist, open to collaborations and to the world, incessantly pursuing experimentation guided by the dictates of the unconscious and a desire for the infinite.

Curated by Joanna Hoffmann and Kristlyn Liier.
In Estonia, where Western art styles arrived somewhat late, a programmatic surrealist movement never materialised. Many artists did create art which had surrealist elements but did not dedicate themselves solely to that style. This exhibition offers an overview of works with surrealist elements in the collection of the museum.

Paintings, drawings, prints, and three-dimensional objects from every decade since the 1920s through contemporary makers today, with artists including Jean Arp, Pennie Brantley, Leonora Carrington, George Condo, Salvador Dalí, Julio de Diego, Dorothy Dehner, Max Ernst, Karl Fortess, Philip Guston, Wifredo Lam, Georges Malkine, Man Ray, Joan Miró, Wangechi Mutu, Richard Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Kay Sage, Atillio Salemme, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy, and others.

Nearly 30 paintings and prints on loan from the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, FL juxtaposed with European masterpieces from the MFA's collection, including portraits, religious scenes, and still-lifes by El Greco, Orazio Gentileschi, and Velázquez, among others.

Curated by Claire Howard.
Drawn from the Blanton's collection with select loans and including Surrealists such as Hans Bellmer, Leonora Carrington, Federico Castellon, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, Man Ray, and Stephen Robeson Miller, alongside artists inspired by its innovations, including Yayoi Kusama and Dorothy Hood, and contemporary artists working within its vocabulary.

~120 paintings, works on paper, sculptures, films, by artists including Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, René Magritte, Claude Cahun, among others, engaging in a dialogue with contemporary artists like Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, or David Lynch, shedding light on themes such as identity, gender, technology, and mental health.

This wide-ranging exhibition examines the complex contribution of women to the Dada movement and shows the liberatory striving toward emancipation. Contemporary artworks, illustrate the movement's continuing impact up to the present day. Includes works by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Emmy Hennings, Hannah Höch, among others.

Organised in collaboration with the Fondation Giacometti, Paris and still subject to change, Autumn 2024 brings a major exhibition dedicated to the lesser-known surreal work of the Swiss sculptor, painter and illustrator. Like Max Ernst, the sculptor was drawn to Paris in 1922, where they met in 1928 and worked in neighbouring studios. With his work La Boule suspendue, Giacometti was accepted into the circle of Surrealists in 1930.

Curated by Karin Althaus, Adrian Djukic and Stephanie Weber.
Structured as a constellation of episodes with an objective to make Surrealism visible as a combative, internationally networked, and highly politicized movement, guided by an idea that was central to Surrealism: anti-fascism. Preliminary artist list includes Art & Liberté, Georges Bataille, Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, André Breton, Claude Cahun und Marcel Moore, Leonora Carrington, Aimé Césaire, Suzanne Césaire, Óscar Domínguez, Robert Desnos, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Esteban Francés, Eugenio Granell, Groupe Octobre, John Heartfield, Jindrich Heisler, Jacques Hérold, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Dora Maar, La Main à Plume, André Masson, Roberto Matta, Lee Miller, Joan Miró, Wolfgang Paalen, Pablo Picasso, Jacques Prévert, Jindrich Styrský, Yves Tanguy, Karel Teige, Toyen, Remedios Varo, Wols, among many others.

Ernst constantly broke with artistic conventions and experimented with new techniques. He was not, however, a photographer. This exhibition looks for points of connection between his oeuvre and photography. Some of these are direct, as in photo-collages, however they are often indirect, and serve to confuse.

A journey through the fantastical terrains of Surrealism over 100 years, looking at how Surreal ideas can turn landscape into a metaphor for the unconscious, fuse the bodily with the botanical, and provide means to express political anxieties, gender constraints and freedoms. Trans-historical, thematic groupings of artwork will bring together artists of Breton's circle from the 1920s, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Eileen Agar, Lee Miller and Max Ernst, among others, alongside later Surrealists such as Leonora Carrington, Edith Rimmington, Marion Adnams, Conroy Maddox, Desmond Morris and more

This exhibition sets out on a foray through modern art, progressing all the way through to contemporary works, to examine the aesthetics of decadence in their various aspects, including themes such as the birth of beauty from decay, the relation between artifice and nature, or the idea of the surrogate, all the way through to the concept of kitsch, a popular point of reference for the artists of Surrealism.

Curated by Eric Crosby and Sarah Humphreville with Cynthia Stucki.
Gertrude Abercrombie (American, 1909-1977) was a critical figure in the midcentury Chicago art scene and a creative force who, from the 1930s until her death in 1977, produced enigmatic paintings populated with objects and figures of personal significance. This is the most comprehensive museum presentation of the artist's work to date.

Details to be announced.

Curated by Tere Arcq and Carlos Martìn.
This exhibition, including painting, drawing, photography, decorative art, fashion design, costumes, artist's books and documents, is inspired by the reflections that her art provoked in important writers and artists of her time, including Jean Genet, Max Ernst or Jean Cocteau. The identification with the Sphinx, a legendary creature, is also the curators' statement of principles about the multifaceted aspects of her work and about its ever-evolving nature.

Curated by Lena Essling.
The exhibition follows in the wake of the best-known works of classical surrealism by later artists that are dealing with the subconscious, the irrational, and the darker, violent aspects of a craving culture, with works by Maya Deren, Rebecca Horn, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Meret Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, Dorothea Tanning, and Toyen, among others.

Curated by Laura Bartolomé Roviras and Judith Clark.
Fashion is perhaps one of the least familiar fields in which Dali embodied his artistic universe. Yet, fashion is one of the artist's most prolific contributions at all stages of his career. This is a unique opportunity to admire and gain insight into Salvador Dali's astonishing complexity and in part his work as an eclectic genius.

Curated by Tere Arcq.
Paintings, photographs, books, and archival material in the first exhibition entirely dedicated to Leonora Carrington held in Italy.