A massive new exhibition of surrealist art is arriving soon at Te Papa. Works from the 1910s through to the 1960s will span the walls, charting the journey of surrealist art in the 20th century.
Curators Els Hoek, and Curator Lizzie Bisley join Lynn while they take a break from installing.
André Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism - Soluble Fish, 1924, publication. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: Studio Tromp
Eileen Agar, Seated Figure, 1956, oil on canvas. © Estate of Eileen Agar/Bridgeman Images. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: Studio Tromp
Eileen Agar, Untitled (Sea Object), circa 1940-1950, watercolour, chalk, and object. © Estate of Eileen Agar/Bridgeman Images. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery. Photo: Studio Tromp
Elsa Schiaparelli, Snuff, 1939, wood, cardboard, lithograph on paper, gilding, cellophane, glass, metal, plastic, and liquid. Courtesy Maison Schiaparelli. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fund. Photo: Tom Haartsen
Els Hoek. Photo by Fred Ernst
Leonora Carrington, Again the Gemini are in the Orchard, 1947, oil on panel. © Leonora Carrington/ARS. Copyright Agency, 2021. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (including its Desirée Lambers Fund and its Dura Art Fund), the BankGiro Lottery, Stichting Fonds Willem van Rede, Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (including its Breeman Talle Fund). Photo: Studio Tromp
Unica Zürn, Circus, 1956, oil on canvas. © Verlag Brinkmann & Bose, Berlin, Germany. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: Studio Tromp
Unica Zürn, Composition, 1955, gouache on paper. © Verlag Brinkmann & Bose, Berlin, Germany. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Photo: Studio Tromp
Eileen Agar, Woman Reading, 1936, collage of pen and ink, pasted paper, and pressed leaves. © Estate of Eileen Agar/Bridgeman Images. Purchased 1972 with Lindsay Buick Bequest funds. Te Papa (1972-0008-1)
