James Ensor
~90 works by this major Belgian avant-garde figure.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Oct 20, 2009 - Feb 04, 2010

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Jimmy Ernst:
Radiant Silence
34 splendid paintings and works on paper by a
too often overlooked yet key participant in the
transition from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism.
Spanierman Modern, NY
Jan 05 - Feb 06, 2010

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Calder
Curated by Alexander S.C. Rower, grandson of the
the artist and chairman of the Calder Foundation.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Oct 23, 2009 - Feb 14, 2010

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Against All Reason:
Surrealism Paris-Prague
~300 works including de Chirico, Dali, Ernst,
Brauner, Delvaux, Masson, Magritte alongside
works by Czech masters such as Toyen & Styrsky.
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Nov 14, 2009 - Feb 14, 2010

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Lee Miller and the Surrealist Eye
Produced by Mjellby Konstmuseum in collaboration
with the Lee Miller Archives, this show presents
b/w photographs covering Miller's life as a photo
model in the USA, her involvment in the surrealist
movement in Paris in the 1930s, as well as images
from her commissions as a war photographer.
Millesgarden, Sweden
Nov 14, 2009 - Feb 14, 2010

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Alias Man Ray:
The Art of Reinvention
Over 200 works by this prominent member of both
the Dada and Surrealist movements including
photographs, paintings, sculptures and objects,
drawings, films and a selection of his writings.
The Jewish Museum, NY
Nov 15, 2009 - Mar 14, 2010

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Frida Kahlo y su Mundo
19 paintings, an etching, six drawings, and a
number of photographs from the Museo Olmedo
collection, the largest private collection of
Kahlo's artwork.
Bozar Expo, Brussels
Jan 16 - Apr 18, 2010

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Joan Miro:
I Work Like A Gardener
Focusing on the last twenty years of Miro's
life with works on loan from Fondation Maeght.
Arken Museum, Denmark
Jan 23 - May 03, 2010

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Arshile Gorky:
A Retrospective
178 works from Gorky's earliest known painting
to the unfinished canvas on his easel when he
committed suicide in 1948 in the first major
retrospective since the Guggenheim's 1981 show.
Tate Modern, London
Feb 10 - May 03, 2010

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Twilight Visions:
Surrealism, Photography and Paris
Celebrating Paris as the foundation of Surrealism
with more than 120 photographs by such artists as
Man Ray, Atget, Brassai, Hans Bellmer and Kertesz.
Int'l Center of Photography, NY
Jan 29 - May 09, 2010

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Man Ray, African Art,
and the Modernist Lens
~60 photos by Man Ray from the '20s & '30s and
more than 50 photos by other artists displayed
side-by-side with 20 of the African & Oceanic
objects featured in the images.
U. New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque
Feb 06 - May 30, 2010

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De Chirico and Nature

Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Mar 30 - Jul 11, 2010

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Alexander Calder
and Contemporary Art:
Form, Balance, Joy
Major presentation of Calder works drawn from
the MCA's extensive holdings and Chicago area
and national public and private collections.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Jun 26 - Oct 17, 2010