The standard story of 1960s arts is one of Abstract Expressionism leading into Pop Art and minimalism. A Whitney show ...

The Whitney Museum of American Art’s ambitious effort to rewrite art history is largely a grab bag of disparate stuff.

Over my nine years of teaching visual art in schools, surrealism has been one of my favorite styles of art to explore with my classes and a consistent student favorite, as well. Surrealism originated ...

The art market has a strong Surrealist vibe entering the fall season. It struck me as I rushed around New York last week, from the Armory Show to satellite events and gallery exhibitions. The ...

By engaging with art imaginatively, we can encounter that deeper reality that the Surrealists have always sought in their artwork.

Leonora Carrington’s “Bird Bath: from 1974. Peter Dechar's "Pears #67-8" from 1967. “Regret” by Giorgio de Chirico, a stunning, early painting from 1916. An installation view of “A Long Affair: ...

Long before face filters and dancing hot dogs could alter the way we see the world and ourselves, there was already a group of people experimenting with the notion of the "real": surrealist artists.

Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join us every week for an ...

Every person likes some form of art — whether it’s music, movies, or paintings. Then, within each form, there are plenty of styles to choose from. When it comes to painting styles, they range from ...

I wish Sixties Surreal focused more on destabilizing the concept of “real” than reifying it. Installation view of Sixties Surreal, feauturing Claes Oldenburg’s “Soft Toilet” (1966, center) and Alex ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. While traveling through London in the mid-1970s, the ...