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Frida Kahlo Masterpiece Sells for $54.7 Million, New Auction Record for Artwork by a Woman
Artnet Nov 21, 2025'A trademark canvas by Mexican giant Frida Kahlo sold on Thursday night at Sotheby's in New York for $54.7 million, setting a new record for an artwork by a female... -
Leonor Fini sets new auction record at Christie's
Chrisite's Nov 21, 2025'...Following the Argentine-Italian Surrealist’s retrospective at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, a new auction record was notched for Leonor Fini when Dans la tour (Autoportrait avec Constantin Jeleński) (1952) garnered... -
Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 at the Philadelphia Art Museum
November 7, 2025 - February 16, 2026 Nov 7, 2025'In his Manifesto of Surrealism of 1924, André Breton celebrated the unbridled imagination as the key to freedom in all aspects of life. Artists responded by inventing a wide variety... -
Leonora Carrington at the Palazzo Reale
September 20, 2025 - January 11, 2026 Sep 20, 2025'For the first time in Italy, a major retrospective dedicated to Leonora Carrington: a boundless artist, pioneer of feminist and ecological thought, explorer of dreamlike, mythological, and symbolic worlds. A... -
Rendevous of Dreams at Hamburger Kunsthalle
June 13, 2025 - October 12, 2025One hundred years ago, the most renowned artistic movement of the twentieth century emerged in Paris: Surrealism. Sparked by a reconsideration of value systems in the aftermath of the First... -
Io sono LEONOR FINI @ the Palazzo Realé
February 26, 2025 - July 20, 2025Leonor Fini fits into the Palazzo Reale's long history of presenting exhibitions on Surrealism and artists related to the movement, as well as its ongoing interest in promoting exhibitions that... -
Leonora Carrington: DreamWeaver @ Katonah Museum
July 13 - October 5, 2025A pioneer of Surrealism, Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) conjures vivid, otherworldly landscapes populated with fantastical creatures inspired by folklore, mysticism, the occult, and her own dramatic autobiography. Spanning fifty years of... -
Leonor Fini Les Stylistes sells for $720,000 at Sotheby's New York
The Art Newspaper Nov 19, 2024'...A trio of women Surrealist artists sparked some of the early action with Remedios Varo's fantasy figure of a bicycle bodied woman, Los caminos tortuosos (1958) in gouache, brush and... -
Exhibition at Centre Pompidou retraces Surrealism's effervescent years, from 1924 to 1969
Artdaily Oct 28, 2024PARIS.- Retracing over 40 amazingly creative, effervescent years, from 1924 to 1969, the 'Surrealism' exhibition celebrates the centenary of a movement born in 1924 with the publication of André Breton's... -
Leonor Fini Rogomelec sells for £907,200 at Christie's
Read at The Art Newspaper Oct 9, 2024'..Demand was also strong for quality Surrealist works. Magritte's Le grand style (1951) exceeded its estimate at £2.1m (£2.6m with costs), and Leonor Fini's Rogomelec (1978) surpassed its £450,000 to... -
Exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris focuses on Jackson Pollock's early works
Artdaily Nov 25, 2024PARIS.- The Musée national Picasso-Paris presents a new temporary exhibition devoted to the American artist Jackson Pollock. First exhibition in France since 2008, it focuses on his early works, from... -
An Expansive New Surrealism Show Celebrates 100 Years Of Artistic Revolution
Artnet Oct 4, 2024Featuring more than 500 objects, the Centre Pompidou's 'Surrealism' show explores the global reach and diversity of the artistic movement. Between the rise of artificial intelligence and the proliferation of... -
Leonora Carrington painting smashes artist’s auction record, fetching $28.5 million at Sotheby’s.
Artsy May 16, 2024Sotheby’s modern auction in New York last night totaled $235.1 million, nearing the top end of the pre-sale estimate of $180.9 million to $250.7 million (all figures include fees). Amid... -
State of the Art Market: Surrealist Women Awakening
ARTNET Dec 13, 2023With most historical art movements, we find that there are scores of women whose influence and work have been overlooked or at the least undervalued for their contributions to the... -
$65.5 Million Monet Sells at Sotheby's New York, While $12 Million Matisse Flops
Artnet Nov 18, 2024'Surrealist women continued their triumphant rise, and those who have believed in them reaped rewards. A haunting sculpture by Leonora Carrington, La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman), 1951, sold for...
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