As we’ve noted, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting the exhibit “Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100.” It runs through mid-February and is the only U.S. stop for this exhibit. As we’ve also noted, there is notable crossover between the Surrealist and ceremonical magick scenes and this is spelled out explicitly in this exhibit. The exhibit’s catalogue notes:
The exhibition’s concluding section, “Magic Art,” will focus on a new type of esotericism that emerged within Surrealism in the aftermath of World War II. Filled with imagery of magical and alchemical beings, celestial figures, and symbols of the occult, this section will feature Leonora Carrington’s The Pleasures of Dagobert (1945), which materializes the magical, metamorphic imaginings of an early-medieval French monarch, and Remedios Varo’s Creation of the Birds (1957), in which an owl-headed painter uses starlight to bring a painted bird to life.
check it out while ya can: https://www.visitpham.org/exhibitions/dreamworld-surrealism
