The Surrealist International

Lecture

Exhibition Lecture The Surrealist International: Fifty Years of Dreams

Matthew Gale, Ph.D, former head of displays, Tate Modern and co-curator of Surrealism Beyond Borders (Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate Modern, 2021-22)

Join exhibition curator Matthew Gale for unique insights into The Surrealist International: Fifty Years of Dreams. This exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of Tate, United Kingdom, 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. The project expands upon the themes Gale explored in his momentous 2021-22 exhibition Surrealism Beyond Borders (Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tate Modern).

This presentation is part of the exhibition The Surrealist International: Fifty Years of Dreams.

All museum lectures and public programs of The Baker Museum include same-day admission to The Baker Museum.

Matthew Gale

Matthew Gale

Matthew Gale, Ph.D., studied at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London and was a curator at Tate from 1995 until 2022. He led the curatorial team responsible for displaying the collection at Tate Modern between 2006 and 2021. Among his exhibitions and publications are: Barbara Hepworth (with Chris Stephens, 1999, rev. 2004); Giorgio Morandi (with Donna De Salvo, 2001); Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things (with Carmen Giménez, 2004); Dalí & Film (2007), Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape (with Marko Daniel, 2011); Paul Klee: Making Visible (2013), Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory (2019); Natalia Goncharova (with Natalia Sidlina, 2019); Surrealism Beyond Borders (with Stephanie D’Alessandro, 2021-22); and Miró and the United States (with Marko Daniel, 2025-26).