Female surrealists

All self-portraits are, to varying extents, spectacles of autobiography and for Leonor Fini this was no exception; this work is an iconic personal statement by the artist and an exploration of her own artistic power. In this captivating self-portrait, painted a few years after her first major exhibition in New York and as she rose to become a figure of increasing profile within Paris café society, Fini takes up her position as an established artist both as an individual and in complex…

Well, here’s where I’ll disagree with all his fanbase. To start with, he was kicked out and banned from the Surrealist group due to his greed and political

Always cherchez la femme, people.

Naturaleza Viva (1943)

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Phontomontage, Plate 1, Aveux non avenus, 1929-1930

Explore the artists and artworks of our time at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

View auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues; bid, buy and collect contemporary, impressionist or modern art, old masters, jewellery, wine, watches, prints, rugs and books at sotheby's auction house

The artist who still created work aged 100, and inspired Sarah Lucas and Louise Bourgeois.

Photo taken at the 2018 retrospective for Carrington at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.