Nic Nicosia Isn’t Doing This on Purpose (or Maybe He Is)
Is Nic Nicosia's work utterly surreal? Deeply autobiographical? His Dallas retrospective plumbs an oeuvre brimming with play and pain.
July 21, 2026
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Bless Me, Cecilia: What Happens When a Star Curator Arrives in Santa Fe?
Cecilia Alemani rolled out an exhibition like no other in Santa Fe—its visionary weirdness will hit everyone a bit different.
November 20, 2025
A Hundred Years On, Surrealism’s Desert Dreamworlds Continue to Inspire
The desert—in all of its arid, minimalist, color-block permutations—permeates this selection of Surrealist artworks.
November 19, 2024
Longtime New Yorker Paulina Ho Suddenly Started Painting—and Pining for—the Southwest
Santa Fe-based designer and artist Paulina Ho’s work tilts reality to find pleasure in the everyday absurdities of her new Southwestern environs.
September 12, 2024
In Surrealism and Us, Caribbean and Black Surrealism Stands Apart from the European Movement
Inspired by a remarkable 1940s essay, Surrealism and Us in Fort Worth examines Afrosurrealist tools for battling fascism, colonialism, and cultural assimilation.
June 17, 2024
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The Tanning-Ernst Effect: Is Sedona Poised for a Surrealist Renaissance?
Sedona was once a Surrealism outpost in the desert, where resident artists Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning made work at their home, Capricorn Hill.
March 01, 2024
