CONF: Le collectionnisme dada et surréaliste des arts extra-occidentaux (Musée de Grenoble, 24-26 Oct 24)
Alors que 2024 marque le centenaire du Manifeste du surréalisme, ce colloque s’inscrit dans les différentes manifestations prévues cette année pour célébrer l’histoire du mouvement et faire un bilan sur son héritage. Collectionneurs…
CONF: Il Surrealismo e l’Italia – reti intellettuali, vicende espositive, ricezioni critiche, memorie visive (Institut français Firenze, Università di Siena, Università di Firenze, Sapienza Università di Roma; 21-22 May 2024)
In occasione delle celebrazioni per il centenario del Surrealismo, 1924-2024), a cura di Davide Lacagnina (Università di Siena), Alessandro Nigro (Università di Firenze), Ilaria Schiaffini (Sapienza Università di Roma).
CFP: 5th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism (Houston, 9–11 Nov 2023)
In 2023, Houston will host the fifth annual convening of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism (ISSS), and its first in-person gathering since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on…
PUBL: Surrealism in North Africa and Western Asia. Crossings and Encounters, ed. by Monique Bellan and Julia Drost (Orient Institut Beirut / Ergon, 2021; in French and English)
This volume discusses surrealism in literature and art in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey between the 1930s and the 1980s. Surrealism emerged as a movement in art and literature in Europe in the…
ANN: Journal of Surrealism and the Americas 12:1 (2021), Special Issue on Fashion
The Journal of Surrealism and the Americas has published a special issue on fashion. It can be accessed at: https://jsa.hida.asu.edu/index.php/JSA/issue/view/4. Journal of Surrealism and the Americas 12:1 (2021)Current issues feature articles and reviews can be accessed free…
TIAMSA Member News: Simone Kahn – surrealist, collector, and gallerist; digital research and exhibition project (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Paris)
The unique trajectory of Simone Kahn (1897–1980) warrants increased attention at a time when museums are committed to paying tribute to the place of women in surrealism. The growing interest in Kahn stems from…
CONF: Surrealismes 2021 – Worldwide Virtual Conference Event (International Society for the Study of Surrealism, online / around the clock, 11-14 Nov 2021)
The ISSS invites you to join the virtual conference Surrealisms 2021, hosted by the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, November 11-14, 2021. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISSS…
ANN: The London Gallery, 1938-1950: Collecting and Patronage of Surrealist Art in Britain; Lecture by Caterina Caputo (online / The Society for the History of Collecting; 8 Oct 2021, 6:30 BST)
The aim of this talk is to provide an analytical overview of collecting practices and patronage of Surrealist art in Britain from 1938 to 1950, within the context of Surrealists’ strategies and methodologies for disseminating…
PUBL: Surrealism and Money / Le surréalisme et l’argent, ed. by Julia Drost, Fabrice Flahutez & Martin Schieder (“Passages” vol. 4, 2021; open access e-book, in French)
Influenced by increasing migration during the 20th century, surrealism developed into a unique – and in many ways pioneering – art movement with a worldwide impact and reception. This anthology examines for the first time the roles…