It’s often implied that violent art means something sinister about its creator – most recently, in news stories about ‘scary’ kids’ drawings of death. But the history of modern art suggests otherwise.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Surrealism
Displaying all articles
A new three-part series brings together a wealth of material and voices to present new films, photographs, stories and theories about the brilliant artist.
Dora Maar was an outstanding photographer but her work has been overshadowed by the fact that she was Pablo Picasso’s partner.
Katy Hessel’s ambitious, weighty corrective to an art history canon that sidelines (or erases) women is ‘impressive and overdue’, writes Edwina Preston.
These women were intelligent, charismatic and unconventional – far more than just muses.
The Picasso Century at the National Gallery of Victoria is a remarkable exhibition that may change the way you will view Picasso.
Australian surrealism has long been understood as if it was imported from Paris. This new exhibition places two Czech-Australian émigrés at the heart of the movement.
At a time when surrealists were objectifying women’s bodies, American artist Dorothea Tanning was looking deeper at the transformative potential of female experience and the unconscious.
The groundbreaking German expressionist film Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered in 1920. It is just as shocking – and influential – 100 years on.
The Spanish artist was a master self-publicist and one of the most important thinkers in 20th-century art.
As the longest-running avant-garde movement of the 20th century, Surrealism’s scope and richness is perhaps unparalleled in its influence of modern art and culture.
Lurid Beauty is the first major examination of Australian Surrealism and its profound impact on Australian art from the 1930s to the present day. So how does it all hang together?
Top contributors
-
Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
-
Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
-
Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
-
Honorary Lecturer, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
-
Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
-
Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide
-
Lecturer in Art History, Loughborough University
-
Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
-
Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
-
PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
-
Profesora Titular de Historia del Arte, UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
-
Professor in Visual Arts, La Trobe University
