Surreal. It’s one of those words like insane or awesome that’s taken a beating from aggressive misuse. I’ve heard the term applied to both a bus driver wearing a funny hat and the sight of the second ...

Tokyo designer Ryunosuke Okazaki has created a collection of sculptural garments that reference the surrealist art method of automatism. His eponymous Automatism collection showcases a series of eight ...

André Masson, “Allégories féminines” (“Feminine Allegories”) (circa1925). Ink on paper, 15 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches. Private Collection, Paris.Courtesy Jean-François Cazeau, Paris, France. (Image via ...

Inspired by thefirst major exhibition of visionary artist Ithell Colquhounthat is currently on show at Tate Modern, this is part 1 of our Ithell Colquhoun inspired series– and the theme is'Automatic ...

Not quite an example of winning through intimidation, the exhibition “Drawing Surrealism” partly persuades through the sheer volume of its offerings — distinctive, once wildly avant-garde and now ...

At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, or LACMA, there is an artwork on display, a medium-sized painting of a pipe on a cream-colored background, underneath which is written in plain letters: “Ceci ...