To be on the internet today is to confront unsettling images—of war, climate change, humanitarian crises. Weird visuals crop up too. A YouTube algorithm provides me, for instance, with videos of a ...

“This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass,” André Breton wrote in 1924. “Existence is elsewhere.” His Manifesto of Surrealism propelled a global, revolutionary art movement that defined ...

Contemporary art wouldn’t be the same without Surrealism. In 1924, when French writer, poet, and critic André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto, no one likely thought about the impact it would ...

Lobster telephones, raining men in gray suits and bowler hats, and the stuff of unconscious dreams, are some imagery that automatically come to mind with Surrealism. But what more is there to ...

Between the rise of artificial intelligence and the proliferation of “fake news,” living in the 21 st-century can sometimes feel a bit surreal. That is why there is perhaps no better time to revisit ...

"Long Live Surrealism!" at the Blanton Museum of Art is a far-ranging exhibition covering one of the most beloved—and approachable—art movements of modern times. “Long Live Surrealism! 1924-Today” is ...

Surrealism is one art phenomenon that everybody feels they understand. It may have been one of the 20 th century’s truly momentous cultural movements, with its aspirations to undermine the entire ...

Probably. Before I left the house to visit the new Salvador Dalí exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, I noticed a headline that described President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine as “surreal.” Also, ...