Surrealism

The late director’s unique vision and the love that his persona inspires make it easy to forget how winding his path to greatness was.

A hundred years ago, the movement hoped to topple reality and reason. Its true achievements lie elsewhere.

How a picture of a photojournalist bathing became a visual metaphor for the end of the war.

A deliriously entertaining survey at the Metropolitan Museum shows how the craze for Surrealism surged like a prairie fire around the world.

Each time the work of the British-Mexican artist and writer is reborn, it seems more prescient.

Maar’s work did not begin or end with Surrealism. She was several sorts of artist in the decade or less that her photography had free rein.

Surrealism at the Morgan Library.