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How comedy gets into art
By Johanna Laub
Can art actually be funny? With satirical scenes and exaggerated characters, Richard Jackson uses classic strategies from comedy. And thereby tests...
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Current information on the Corona Virus
The health of our visitors and staff is a top priority. Therefore the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is temporarily closed from March 13 until April 19. All events are canceled, too.
Already purchased online tickets for the exhibitions "Fantastic Women" (until May 24) and "Richard Jackson" (until May 3) remain valid for the entire duration of the shows. Online tickets for both exhibitions can be canceled in writing to marketing@schirn.de, information regarding planned guided tours is given at fuehrungen@schirn.de.
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„I am in training, don’t kiss me“
By Juliet Jacques
How women surrealists (de)constructed gender and by doing so defied the fetishization of female beauty.
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Not your Doll
By Marie Sophie Beckmann
The women surrealists redefined female roles – and actively opposed the image of women as muses, dream beings and passive objects.
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One of a kind
By Julia Schmitz
In order to avoid gender clichés, Marie Čermínová adopted the artist name Toyen – inspired by the French word “citoyen” for citizen.
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“Make art that you like”
By Viktoria Draganova
They met in California and became close friends: An interview with the artist Mike Bouchet about Richard Jackson as a teacher, the limits of painting...
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Far away from Paris: the surrealistic network in Mexico
By Tere Arcq
After the outbreak of World War II, Mexico developed into a new center of the surrealist avant-garde. It was only here that many women artists found...