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  • The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is delighted to invite you to a virtual lecture and Q and A with Patricia Allmer on her new publication, ‘The Traumatic Surreal’. ‘The Traumatic Surreal’ is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding

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  • The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is delighted to present this virtual book launch of Duchamp’s Pipe: A Chess Romance. Author and artist Celia Rabinovitch will be in conversation with author and artist, Ann McCoy, followed by an audience Q&A. Spanning three decades, two continents, two world wars, and the international art and

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  • The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is delighted to present this virtual book launch of Dark Toys: Surrealism and the Culture of Childhood. Author David Hopkins will be in dialogue with Joyce Cheng, followed by an audience Q&A. We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and

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  • Celebrate the publication of Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work by joining us for a conversation with author Abigail Susik, host Claire Howard, and guests. In Surrealist sabotage and the War on Work, art historian Abigail Susik uncovers the expansive parameters of the international surrealist movement’s ongoing engagement with an aesthetics of sabotage between

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  • The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is delighted to present our first 2022 Season virtual book launch of Remade in America. Author, Joanna Pawlik, will present her work which will be followed by an audience Q&A. It is often assumed that surrealism did not survive beyond the Second World War and that it

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  • Please Vote!

    The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is electing a Vice President who will serve the first two years as Vice President (November 2021-November 2023), and the next two years as the President (November 2023-November 2025), as well as a Program Chair to serve for a two-year term (November 2021-November 2023). The Vice President

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  • We are excited to share with you the updated program for the upcoming 2021 SURREALISMS Virtual Conference, which will begin at 9 am EST on Thursday, November 11 and run nearly around the clock until Sunday, November 14. We have an exciting line-up of panels, roundtables, gallery tours, discussions, and pre-recorded artistic submissions featuring artists

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  • The International Society for the Study of Surrealism is delighted to present this Winter Book launch of Magnetic Woman. Karla Huebner will present her work which will be followed by an audience Q&A. Part art book and part biography, Magnetic Woman examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902–80), a founding

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  • The Executive Board of the International Society for the Studies of Surrealism (ISSS) is soliciting self-nominations for the positions of Vice President and Program Chair. The application deadline is October 15, 2021. The ISSS is a growing Association that promotes the international and interdisciplinary exchange between scholars, practicing artists of various kinds, writers, and independent

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  • We are excited to announce our virtual book launch of Surrealism and Film After 1945. Join editors Kristoffer Noheden and Abigail Susik at an event which will include presentations from the contributors, followed by a short Q&A. For more information on the editors and speakers, and to order your free tickets, see the Eventbrite page:

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