Surrealism
On Surrealism and Dali
The Surrealists didn't want to be loved, you know, they were trying to bring out and air all their irrational inner torments and sadistic feelings.
Salvador Dali – On a Surrealist Canvas
The year 2004 is the centenary year of the birth of Salvador Dali, the painter, sculptor and screenwriter. This article aims to paint a brief chronological biography of the artist on his centenary year.
Surrealist's art collection fetches £32m
After two weeks of turbulent auctions - inevitably described as surrealist - the sale of André Breton's personal art collection has fetched €46m (£31.8m), twice the pre-sale estimate.
Surrealist's Belongings Sold
Writers, artists and librarians protested outside a Paris saleroom yesterday when auctioneers began a week-long disposal of the contents of André Breton's Pigalle flat, where the Surrealist manifesto was drawn up in 1924. Leaflets were handed out asking for government action to stop...
Paris shrine of surrealism dismantled
Despite more than 30 years of campaigning by leading European artists and writers, the removal workers have emptied a small Paris flat which was seen as the hallowed heart of surrealism.
Breton Sale Brings Surrealism Off the Wall
André Breton's personal collection of surrealist treasures created by members of the complex artistic movement he helped to found in 1924 are to be sold next year, opening the way for a re-evaluation of a revolution in art forms which extended from poetry to photography.
After two weeks of turbulent auctions - inevitably described as surrealist - the sale of André Breton's personal art collection has fetched €46m (£31.8m), twice the pre-sale estimate.
Surrealist's Belongings Sold
Writers, artists and librarians protested outside a Paris saleroom yesterday when auctioneers began a week-long disposal of the contents of André Breton's Pigalle flat, where the Surrealist manifesto was drawn up in 1924. Leaflets were handed out asking for government action to stop...
Paris shrine of surrealism dismantled
Despite more than 30 years of campaigning by leading European artists and writers, the removal workers have emptied a small Paris flat which was seen as the hallowed heart of surrealism.
Breton Sale Brings Surrealism Off the Wall
André Breton's personal collection of surrealist treasures created by members of the complex artistic movement he helped to found in 1924 are to be sold next year, opening the way for a re-evaluation of a revolution in art forms which extended from poetry to photography.