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How Latin American Artists Have Harnessed the Allure of Alchemy

A new exhibition titled “Constellations and Drifts: Art from Latin America in the FEMSA Collection” has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey) in Mexico, running through August 9, 2026. The show features 170 works by 115 Latin American artists from the FEMSA Collection, one of the most prestigious corporate collections of Latin American art, and is organized around five curatorial themes or “constellations,” including a section centered on alchemy. Highlights include works by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Francis Alÿs, and a new commission by Argentine artist Ad Minoliti, alongside Surrealist pieces by Remedios Varo, Leonor Fini, Leonora Carrington, and Kati Horna.

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Eduardo F. Costantini, founder of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba), announced the acquisition of the Daros Latinamerica Collection in Zurich, adding 1,233 works by 117 artists to the museum's holdings. This roughly doubles Malba's collection to 3,000 works, with a major expansion project planned to accommodate the new pieces, set to begin next fall to mark the museum's 25th anniversary. Highlights include works by Doris Salcedo, Ana Mendieta, Julio Le Parc, Alfredo Jaar, Lygia Clark, and Jesús Rafael Soto, with 75 artists new to Malba.

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In September 1945, exiled Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington completed her masterpiece *Les Distractions de Dagobert* (also known as *The Pleasures of Dagobert*), a densely layered canvas teeming with mythical figures, ritual fires, and medieval references. The painting, loosely inspired by the 7th-century Merovingian king Dagobert, depicts the monarch in a red robe on a cow-headed cart surrounded by enigmatic scenes. After a fierce 10-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s New York in May 2024, the work sold for $28.5 million to Argentine collector Eduardo F. Costantini, shattering Carrington’s previous auction record of $3.3 million. The painting is now on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the exhibition “Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100,” the show’s only North American stop.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 18 link 17 artists

New Year, New View: Eight Places to See Art This Winter (and Beyond)

The article highlights eight must-see art exhibitions for the winter season. Key shows include "Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100" at the Philadelphia Art Museum, a Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, a survey of avant-garde artist Bettina Grossman at Ruth Arts in Milwaukee, a Jacqueline Humphries exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum, and "Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination" at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Other notable exhibitions are also mentioned, covering a range of historical and contemporary artists.

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Read the Room: Dallas Museum of Art’s “International Surrealism” Misses the Mark

The Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition "International Surrealism" is critiqued as a missed opportunity during the centennial of the surrealist movement. The author argues that while the show presents a broad survey of mixed-media works from around the world, divided into six thematic subgroups, it lacks the political urgency and revolutionary context that defined surrealism's origins in 1925. The exhibition, initially curated by Matthew Gale from the Tate Modern collection and presented locally by Sue Canterbury, is described as whimsical and decorous, reducing the movement's subversive power to quirky categories and gift-shop fodder.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 24, 2025 visibility 10 link 3 artists

Surrealism at 100 Sprawls and Seduces in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has opened a major exhibition titled "Surrealism at 100," marking the centennial of the Surrealist movement. The show brings together a vast array of works from the movement's key figures, including Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Max Ernst, alongside lesser-known artists, aiming to capture the full breadth and subversive spirit of Surrealism across painting, sculpture, photography, and film.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 26, 2025 visibility 21 link 14 artists

A Thanksgiving Weekend Art Escape: 3 Must-See Exhibitions in Philadelphia

Philadelphia remains a vibrant cultural destination despite recent turmoil, including the firing of Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Sasha Suda and the closure of UArts. This article highlights three must-see exhibitions over Thanksgiving weekend: "Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which surveys the surrealist movement from a hemispheric perspective; a new art space blending art, nature, and architecture; and a retrospective of a once-misunderstood artist now gaining recognition.

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article policy schedule Mar 2, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 10 link 1 artist

Philadelphia Museum of Art to experiment with pay-what-you-wish tickets on Friday nights

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is reinstating a pay-what-you-wish admission policy for Friday nights from April 2026 through Labor Day. This initiative, funded by the William Penn Foundation and board chair Ellen Caplan, coincides with the museum's 150th anniversary and the launch of "Nation of Artists," a massive collaborative exhibition with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts featuring over 1,000 works.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 8, 2025 visibility 21 link 16 artists

A look inside the ‘Dreamworld’ of surrealism at the Philadelphia Art Museum

The Philadelphia Art Museum opened 'Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100,' a traveling exhibition marking the centenary of surrealism, which originated in France in 1924. The show, curated by Matthew Affron, features about 180 works from the museum's own collection and loans from Europe and the Americas, including pieces by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Remedios Varo, and Joseph Cornell. The opening occurred the day after the museum's board abruptly fired CEO Sasha Suda, with interim director Louis Marchesano declining to comment on the termination and focusing on the exhibition instead.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 16 link 13 artists

Philadelphia Art Museum exhibit on surrealism features monsters from Greek mythology and a lobster telephone

The Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM) opens "Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100," a traveling exhibition celebrating the centennial of surrealism. The show features works by Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Leonora Carrington, and Man Ray, including Dalí's lobster telephone and pieces inspired by Greek mythology. It is the final and only American stop on the tour, previously shown in Brussels, Paris, Hamburg, and Madrid, and runs through February 16, 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 27, 2026 visibility 16 link 1 artist

Philadelphia Art Museum Introduces Pay What You Wish Friday Nights for Final Three Weeks of Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100

The Philadelphia Art Museum has introduced Pay What You Wish Friday Nights for the final three weeks of its exhibition "Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100." The program, running through the exhibition's close, includes extended evening hours, live music, and themed "surreal" beverages, offering visitors flexible admission to the critically acclaimed show.

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