The surrealist movement started during World War I when the horror that was war forced the artist into the subconscious to rebel against the conventional.

"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 ...

Two exhibits from four artists collectively offer a mind-expanding experience at Saratoga Springs gallery.

Greater LA ‘Hughman’: See queer artist’s surrealism in … bathroom stalls At Lisson Gallery, Hugh Hayden’s new exhibition features strange, surreal sculptures and photographs placed in bathroom stalls.

Strange, weird, odd, eerie, freaky, creepy. My understanding of these words is clouded by as much alienation as they intend to describe.

Every person likes some form of art — whether it’s music, movies, or paintings. Then, within each form, there are plenty of styles to choose from. When it comes to painting styles, they range from ...

With most historical art movements, we find that there are scores of women whose influence and work have been overlooked or at the least undervalued for their contributions to the canon. The ...

A small group of strange paintings attracted critics to Manhattan’s BalzacGalleries last week. They were the work of a bald, naturalized Frenchman named Jean Crotti. Painter Crotti is the most eminent ...

"Strange Dream" is an art show tribute to David Lynch 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 13 at Cyrus Framing & Art Gallery in Canton. Lynch is a late and legendary filmmaker known for his surreal and dark storytelling, ...

Last year Surrealism turned 100. The movement, world-renowned for its wacky, often unsettling aesthetics and sometimes-erotic-sometimes-repulsive (regularly both) subject matter was celebrated with ...

In 1934, André Breton, one of Surrealism's founders and most controversial exponents, sat in a Parisian café, holding a handful of Mexican jumping beans, rolling them in his palm as they twitched ...