Surrealism and Magic

The exhibition "Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity" is shown at the Museum Barberini from 22 October 2022 to 29 January 2023. It is the first comprehensive exhibition to focus on the Surrealists' interest in magic and myth. The exhibition features around 90 works by Giorgio de Chiricos, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo, among others.

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The painting "Tower of the Alchemist" by Enrico Donati is on display in the Museum Barberini.
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Ortrud Westheider, director of the Museum Barberini, looks at the painting "The Pleasure of Dagobert" by Leonora Carrington.
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The painting by Max Ernst "Dressing the Bride" is on display in the Museum Barberini.
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Journalists are contemplating the painting "The Wedding Party" by Wilfredo Lam.
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A woman looks at the painting "Rain" by Roberto Matta.
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Several paintings by Karl Seligmann are on display in the Museum Barberini.
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A woman photographs the painting "Tomorrow is Never" by Kay Sage.
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A man photographs the painting "Black Magic" by Rene Magritte.
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The painting by Roland Penrose "Seeing is Believing" is on display in the Museum Barberini.
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Daniel Zamani exhibition curator, standing next to the painting "Birth of Liquid Desire" by Salvador Dali
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The exhibition "Surrealism and Magic."