Pop Art and Surrealism: Mundane Objects Gaining New Meanings The world was recovering after a devastating war, modernity was gaining speed, and all art seemed meaningless, pretentious, and dated.

Barry Beckett's account of 'Europe after the Rain' is misleading. It remains one of the most compelling documentaries on modern art ever made. As a collage of Dada and Surrealist artifacts it is ...

Frida Kahlo, considered one of Mexico's greatest artists, is celebrated worldwide for her striking self-portraits and deeply ...

Art historian Michael Taylor describes the ... By the early 1920s Breton was already hatching the next great avant-garde idea, Surrealism. “Dada,” he gloated, “very fortunately, is no ...

(9) All quotations from Duchamp are from "The Works of Marcel Duchamp: A Catalog," Marcel Duchamp (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1973), unless otherwise noted. (10) Lawrence D. Steefel, Jr., "Marcel ...

For years, Bill Sabo had been telling his children they needed to get to Anchorage and empty out his old storage locker. “We ...

"The conditions under which great art tends to flourish — openness, risk, experimentation — are fundamentally misaligned with ...

The picture was purchased by $1,580 on the online auction site. It’s a ballpoint pen, pencil and coloured pencil drawing that is typical of the Belgian artist who is one the best-known and most ...