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Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary ambitions of its creators

  • Written by Tom McDonough, Professor of Art History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary ambitions of its creatorsA visitor looks at 'Magnetic Mountain' by Kurt Seligmann at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Sandrine Marty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

A large-scale exhibition of surrealism that first opened in Paris in 2024 will have its sole American iteration, “Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100,” at the Philadelphia Art Museum from Nov. 8, 2025,...

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