Surrealism’s core message was one of championing radical freedom of thought and modern experiments in literature and visual arts. The strange becomes familiar; the familiar becomes strange.

On View Emotional Landscapes and Eco-Surrealism: L.A. Art Insiders Ponder What Comes Next After the End of the Figuration Boom Angeleno artists may be driving a 'pivot point' from the narratives ...

In the 21st century, surrealism might no longer be the art world’s reigning movement, but it is uniquely positioned to slow down the absorption of what we’d otherwise find familiar.

Surrealism may long since have lost its subversiveness – but as the show proves, it can still be a lot of fun. The Design Museum, London W8 (020-3862 5900, designmuseum.org). Until 19 February ...

AT THE METROPOLITAN Museum of Art, “ Surrealism Beyond Borders ” (through Jan. 30, 2022) aims to expand viewers’ understanding of the movement, which, though it was born in Paris, became a ...

You can find more summer travel destinations and events here. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth announces Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940.

At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see 'obstreperous' Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.