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Pedro Friedeberg Dead: Surrealist Artist Behind Hand-Chair Dies at 90

03/07/2026

Pedro Friedeberg, an artist affiliated with the Mexican offshoot of the Surrealist movement and who is now best known for his absurdist designs, including the iconic Hand-Chair, died on Thursday in San Miguel de Allende. He was 90, according to …

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Salvador Dalí’s Largest Painting Heads to Auction

03/04/2026

This month, Salvador Dalí’s largest ever painting, a monumental stage set measuring 65 by 100 feet, will head to auction in Paris. The work, which comes from a private collection, will lead Bonhams’s fourth annual sale dedicated to Surrealism on …

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Art Institute of Chicago Director on Plane Incident: A 'Low Moment'

01/29/2026

For the first time since his return to his job last May following a voluntary leave, James Rondeau, the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, spoke frankly about a bizarre incident on an airplane that gained attention far beyond …

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Which Artworks Entered the Public Domain in 2026?

01/02/2026

With each passing year, new artworks are shorn of their copyright protections and entered into the public domain, allowing them to be used freely, without express permission from the estates that steward these pieces. This year, pieces by Salvador Dalí, …

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Frida Kahlo Painting Sets a Record at Sotheby's, Selling for $54.7 M.

11/21/2025

Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait El sueño (La cama) sold for $54.7 million on November 20. The painting was part of a Sotheby’s sale of Surrealist art in New York. Because the painting had a pre-sale estimate of $40 million to …

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See Inside MoMA's Retrospective for Surrealist Painter Wifredo Lam

11/12/2025

Wifredo Lam, a Cuban-born painter, is not exactly little-recognized. Even during his day, he was considered a cornerstone of the Surrealist movement, befriending André Breton, Pablo Picasso, and others through connections forged in France, where he first gained fame. But …

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Sotheby's Records Highest-Ever Totals for Surrealist and Modern Sales

10/27/2025

Sotheby’s tapped into the energy of Art Basel Paris week and recorded the highest-ever totals in France for surrealist and modern art auctions on Friday. The house’s Surrealism and Its Legacy and Modernitês sales took a combined €89.7 million ($104 …

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Robert Rauschenberg Dance Performances Make a Home at the Guggenheim

10/17/2025

A bicycle wheel spinning at the bottom of the Guggenheim Museum last night served as a sort of portal to the top, where a small but punchy Robert Rauschenberg show just opened in one of the museum’s tower galleries to …

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Sotheby's to Sell René Magritte Held in Same Collection for 100 years

10/06/2025

A René Magritte painting that has been in the same private collection for almost a century will make its auction debut at Sotheby’s Paris on October 24. Titled La Magie Noire (1934), it will lead the “Surrealism and Its Legacy” …

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Legendary Art Collector and Patron Sylvio Perlstein Dies, Age

08/09/2025

The legendary art collector, patron and impresario, Sylvio Perlstein, died on Wednesday. Hauser & Wirth confirmed the news with a post on Instagram, calling Perlstein “a visionary collector who shaped one of the most important art collections of the past …

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Collection of Pauline Karpidas to Be Sold at Sotheby's London

08/04/2025

Sotheby’s has revealed the headline lots for the blockbuster sale of British socialite and arts patron Pauline Karpidas’s collection, which is due to hit the auction block on September 17, 18, and 19 in London.The day, evening, and online auctions, …

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Christie's Reports $2.1 B. Sales Total for H1 2024

07/16/2025

Christie’s announced on Tuesday that its projected sales total for the first half of 2025 (H1-2025). The $2.1 billion figure, including fees, equals the sum it generated during the first half of 2024 (H1-2024). While last year’s total marked a …

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Pauline Karpidas' Surrealist Collection to Be Sold by Sotheby's

06/11/2025

The collection of British socialite, collector, and arts patron Pauline Karpidas will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s London on September 17 and 18.Described by the house as the “greatest collection of Surrealism to emerge in recent history,” it includes …

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Salvador Dali's Screenplay Produced With Google AI Video Platform

04/10/2025

In December, Google announced that it would soon launch a new version of its generative video model, Veo 2. Among the promised features were a better understanding of real-world physics, more “nuances of human movement and expression,” and less unintentional …

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