Fifty Years of Dreams
René Magritte (Belgium, 1898-1967). The Reckless Sleeper, 1928. Oil paint on canvas, 45 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. Tate. Purchased 1969, T01122 © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2026. Photo: Tate
Upcoming exhibition
October 17, 2026 – February 14, 2027
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
After its debut in Paris more than 100 years ago, Surrealism was taken up by individuals and groups around the world. The Surrealist International: Fifty Years of Dreams explores the long trajectory and the broad reach of surrealism as a state of mind, through a rich texture of paintings, photographs, sculptures and objects drawn from the remarkable collection of Tate, United Kingdom.
The exhibition includes works by the most familiar artists associated with surrealism, such as Eileen Agar, Jean Arp, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Dora Maar, René Magritte, Lee Miller, Joan Miró, Man Ray and Dorothea Tanning, as well as some whose work deserves to be better known, such as Ithell Colquhoun, Kati Horna, Malangatana Ngwenya, Osamu Shiihara and Lionel Wendt.
Surrealism was deeply individual and was never a single, defined style, so the exhibition is organized around key themes that united the work of these diverse artists. These include the inspiration of dreams, the mysterious energies of the natural world, the politics of freedom, the power of unexpected objects and the liberation of repressed desires.
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Selected Works
René Magritte (Belgium, 1898-1967). The Future of Statues, 1937. Oil paint on plaster, 13 x 6 1/2 x 8 in. Tate. Purchased 1981, T03258 © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2026. Photo: © Tate
Adolph Gottlieb (United States, 1903-1974). The Alchemist, 1945. Oil on canvas, 28 x 35 3/4 in. Tate. Purchased 1980, T03094 © Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation/VAGA, New York and DACS, London 2026. Photo: Tate
Joan Miró (Spain, 1893-1983). Women and Bird in the Moonlight, 1949. Oil paint on canvas, 32 x 26 in. Tate. Purchased 1951, N06007 © Successió Miro/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2002. Photo: Tate
Paul Nash (United Kingdom, 1889-1946). Landscape from a Dream, 1936-38. Oil paint on canvas, 26 3/4 × 40 in. Tate. Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1946, N05667 © Tate. Photo: Tate
Giorgio de Chirico (Greece, 188-19778). The Painter’s Family, 1926. Oil paint on canvas, 57 5/8 × 45 1/4 in. Tate. Purchased 1951, N05976 © DACS, 2026. Photo: Tate
Marcel Duchamp (France, 1887-1968). Why Not Sneeze Rose Sélavy? 1921, replica 1964. Wood, metal, marble, cuttlefish bone, thermometer and glass, 4 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 6 ¼ in. Tate. Purchased 1999, T07508 © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2026. Photo: © Tate
Eileen Agar (Argentina, 1899-1991). Three Symbols, 1930. Oil paint on canvas, 39 1/2 × 22 in. Tate. Purchased 1964, T00707 © The estate of Eileen Agar. Photo: Tate
The Surrealist International is organized in collaboration with Tate and curated by Matthew Gale, former head of displays, Tate Modern and co-curator of Surrealism Beyond Borders (Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate Modern, 2021-22).
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