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Cracking the Real
By Patricia Allmer
From enigmatic montages to portrayals of war and fashion: Surrealism expert Patricia Allmer on the question of why photography was such a crucial...
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Not the Others are the Voyeurs, We are
By Anuschka Berthelius
Derailed family dinners and birth scenes: Richard Jackson’s “Rooms” turn us into voyeurs. The template comes from none other than the founder of...
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Frida Kahlo in 10 (F)acts
By Schirn Magazin
Frida Kahlo has cult status. A closer look at her self-portrait can reveal a lot about the numerous myths revolving around her life and work.
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An exclusive video tour of Fantastic women
By Schirn Magazin
The women surrealists wanted to change society, to escape bourgeois limitations and classic gender roles: Curator Ingrid Pfeiffer gives exclusive...
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Let’s get analytical!
By Julia Schaake
The Surrealists created their pictorial worlds from dreams and myths. Well-known psychoanalysts would certainly have had something to say about this.
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Of women who rule the world
By Alyce Mahon
In her art, Leonor Fini created a new social order, populated by sphinxes and militant heroines. And was inspired by numerous historical influences.
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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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„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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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...
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The Golden Hour Dreamland
By Elena Schmidt
Welcome to the West Coast! L.A. was discovered as an art metropolis in the 1960s. Hundreds of galleries opened and a new generation of artists started...