The poet André Breton became fascinated by Freud’s theories of the unconscious and deployed them to champion a movement in art and ideas.

It began when a carpenter working on the property told Gissler about a “womanizing surrealist ... a student of art history ...

Book Review: Art, Magic, and the Surrealist Mind André Breton's "Magic Art" explores the intersection of art and magic but lacks depth, meandering through surrealist ideas, esoterica, and historical ...

The Persistence of Memory(La persistencia de la memoria) (1931) is a trifecta of superlatives: Surrealism's most famous ...

While surrealism had a reputation for misogyny — Breton and the group’s early male hierarchy thought of women within the movement as simply “muses” — women were making and exhibiting art ...

An exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth explores New World manifestations of surrealism. Organized by the Modern’s María Elena Ortiz, “Surrealism ...

Breton's theories and writings heavily influenced the works of numerous poets and artists, forging a path for the global Surrealist movement.

At One Hundred, Surrealism Is Alive and Well in Austin and Beyond "Long Live Surrealism!" at the Blanton Museum of Art is a far-ranging exhibition covering one of the most beloved—and ...