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    Surrealism

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    Surrealism Sessions

    Image credit: Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously. © 2024 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
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    Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism

    Max Ernst. The Gramineous Bicycle Garnished with Bells the Dappled Fire Damps and the Echinoderms Bending the Spine to Look for Caresses. c. 1921. Gouache, ink, and pencil on printed paper on paperboard, 29 1/4 × 39 1/4ʺ (74.3 × 99.7 cm). Purchase. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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    American Surrealist Photography

    Frederick Sommer. Valise d’Adam. 1949. Gelatin silver print, 9 3/8 × 7 3/8ʺ (23.6 × 18.8 cm). Gift of the photographer
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    Surrealist prints from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

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    Surrealism and the Body

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    Surrealism and Dreams

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    Surrealism: In the Realm of the Imagination

    Max Ernst. Woman, Old Man, and Flower (Weib, Greis und Blume). Paris 1923, Eaubonne 1924. Oil on canvas, 38 x 51 1/4″ (96.5 x 130.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1937. Photo: Kate Keller. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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    MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 2008 | DADA at MoMA

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    517: A Surreal Lens

    Ei-Q (Hideo Sugita). Untitled from Reason of Sleep. 1936. Gelatin silver print, 8 9/16 × 10 5/8" (21.7 × 27 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Family of Man Fund, and Photography Purchase Fund. © 2025 Estate of Ei-Q
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    DADA, SURREALISM, AND THEIR HERITAGE

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    Do Artists Practice What They Preach? Futurism, De Stijl, Surrealism

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    Surrealism and Painting

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    Evening Tour: Abstraction and Surrealism

    A MoMA gallery tour. Photo © Carly Gaebe/Steadfast Studio
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    Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

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    Member Roundtable: A Surreal Lens

    Installation view of Gallery 517: A Surreal Lens, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 10, 2025–ongoing. Photographed in October 2025. Photo: Jonathan Dorado
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    Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage

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