Dietrich Schuchardt
Hometown exhibition of recent gouache paintings &
drawings by this leading master German surrealist.
Marx Galleries, Offenburg

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In Wonderland: the
Surrealist Adventures
of Women Artists in
Mexico and the United States
North America represented freedom from European
traditions for women Surrealists from the USA and
Mexico, and those fleeing war-torn Europe. While
their male counterparts usually cast women as
objects for delectation and imagination, female
Surrealists delved into their own subconscious
and dreams. The knowledge they derived from such
exploration empowered them to create extraordinary
visual images, both personal and universal.

Arranged thematically, approximately 175 works
in a variety of media date from 1931 to 1968. A
handful of slightly later examples demonstrate
Surrealism's historical overlap and influence on
the feminist movement. Iconic figures such as
Louise Bourgeois, Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo,
Lee Miller, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, and
Remedios Varo are represented, along with lesser
known or newly discovered practitioners, including
Maya Deren, Helen Lundeberg, Maria Izquierdo,
Jacqueline Lamba, and Janet Sobel.
Musee des Beaux-Arts du Quebec
Jun 07 - Sep 03, 2012
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico
Sep 27, 2012 - Jan 13, 2013

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Double Solitaire:
The Surreal Worlds of
Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy
Curated by Sage expert Stephen Robeson Miller
along with Jonathan Stuhlman of the Mint Museum,
here is the long awaited exhibition exploring the
relationship that shaped the astonishing landscapes
of the two Surrealist masters during their 15 years
together as husband and wife, with approximately
25 works by each artist drawn from public and
private collections throughout the USA.
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Feb 11 - May 13, 2012

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Gordon Onslow Ford:
Voyager and Visionary
The first retrospective of the British-American
Surrealist painter's work organized by an American
museum in more than thirty years, featuring more
than two dozen paintings by the artist and drawn
entirely from the collections of his sister,
Elisabeth Onslow Ford Rouslin, and nephew, Max
Onslow Ford Rouslin. The exhibition will offer
a full range of Onslow Ford's career, from early,
more traditional canvases from the 1920s & 1930s,
to his first Surrealist works in the late 1930s & 1940s,
to later work from the 1950s forward, which took a
more cosmic, symbolic approach to abstraction.
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Feb 11 - May 13, 2012

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Bound:
Hans Bellmer & Unica Zürn
Over 50 works created during the nearly two
decades Bellmer and Zürn were lovers, from
their 1953 meeting at Berlin's Galerie Rudolph
Springer through Unica Zürn's suicide in 1970.
Ubu Gallery, NY
Mar 09 - May 19, 2012

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De Chirico:
O Sentimento da Arquitetura
Obras da Fondazione De Chirico
122 paintings & drawings from the holdings
of the Fondazione Giorgio and Isa de Chirico,
primarily from the late metaphysical period.
Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mar 22 - May 20, 2012

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Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso:
The Stein Family
The Steins, an American family, moved to Paris
in the early 20th century: Gertrude, an avant-
garde writer, set up house with her brother Leo,
in the rue de Fleurus; her elder brother Michael
took a flat with his wife Sarah in the rue Madame.
They received the avant-garde into their homes and
built up an astonishing collection of modern art.

This exhibition, consisting of eight sections,
looks at the history of this extraordinary family.
Of special interest to our audience may be section
VII 1920-1930: Post-Cubism and the Neo-Romantics,
dealing with Gertrude's support of the group of
young painters including Berard and Tchelitchew.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Feb 01 - Jun 03, 2012

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Entre Nous:
The Art of Claude Cahun
Originating from and organized by the Jeu de Paume,
Paris, here is the first retrospective exhibition in the
USA of Cahun's work, with over 80 photographs and
published works by Cahun and partner Marcel Moore,
including photomontages from their 1930 collaboration
Aveux non avenus (Disavowals), and the only surviving
Cahun object, which is in the AIC's permanent collection.
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Feb 25 - Jun 03, 2012

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William N. Copley
Over 80 works in this comprehensive retrospective
of the American artist who served as an important
link between the worlds of Surrealist and Pop Art.
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Feb 18 - Jun 10, 2012

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Miro!
Poetry and Light
Over 80 works including 50 large scale oil paintings
alongside terracotta pottery, bronze sculptures, and
watercolors not previously exhibited in Italy.
Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
Mar 16 - Jun 10, 2012

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Jindrich Heisler:
Surrealism under Pressure
70 works in this, the first solo retrospective anywhere
in the world of this poet, photographer, object-maker
and key member of the Czech Surrealist movement.
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Mar 31 - Jul 01, 2012

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Exquisite Corpses:
Drawing and Disfiguration
This exhibition considers how the collaborative drawing
game known as the exquisite corpse along with related
practices in which bodies are dismembered, reassembled,
swollen or multiplied, propped with prosthetics or fused
with nature and machines have recurred in art through-
out the twentieth century and to the present day.
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Mar 14 - Jul 09, 2012

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Joan Miro:
The Ladder of Escape
Organized by the Tate Modern in collaboration
with the Fundacio Joan Miro of Barcelona, this
major exhibition features around 120 paintings,
drawings, sculptures, and prints.
Nat'l Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
May 16 - Aug 12, 2012

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Giorgio de Chirico
in the Hermitage
Including works from the collection of the artist's family.
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
May 19 - Aug 19, 2012

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Max Ernst: Blatterbaum,
Holzvogel und Augenfisch
The world of nature through the eyes of Max Ernst
in an exhibition aimed at children and young adults.
Kunst Museum, Bonn
Mar 25 - Aug 26, 2012

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Man Ray | Lee Miller:
Parners in Surrealism
~115 photos, paintings, drawings and manuscripts
exploring the creative interaction between these two
major figures of Surrealism in the first exhibition to
focus exclusively on the pair's artistic relationship.
It also includes selected works by other artists in Ray
and Miller's Parisian circle, with paintings by Picasso,
Ernst, Penrose, Maar, and a small Calder sculpture.
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Jul 14 - Oct 14, 2012

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Joan Miro: Sculptor
The first major UK exhibition of sculpture by Miro,
many of which are outdoor works rarely seen outside
the foundations in Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Mar 17, 2012 - Jan 06, 2013

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Kurt Seligmann:
Surrealism and Magic
Details forthcoming.....
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca
Oct 20, 2012 - Jan 06, 2013

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Dark Romanticism:
from Goya to Max Ernst
Details forthcoming.....
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Oct 11, 2012 - Jan 20, 2013

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Leonora Carrington
An exhibition with some 40 paintings, re-examining
Carrington's work in the context of her Irish heritage.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Oct 24, 2012 - Jan 27, 2013

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Dali
Major exhibition in Paris' most important modern Museum
and the first Dali retrospective in France in 30 years.
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Nov 21, 2012 - Mar 25, 2013

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The Société Anonyme:
Modernism for America
Formed by Katherine Dreier & Marcel Duchamp in 1920,
the Société Anonyme was the first museum in America
devoted to modern art.  ~200 paintings, sculptures,
and works on paper including works by Ernst, Gorky,
Kandinsky, Matta, Picasso, and Man Ray.
Yale University Gallery, CT
Dec 04, 2012 - Jun 23, 2013