Galerie Pierre hosts a pivotal Surrealist showJan 1, 1928Labels: Galerie Pierre, SurrealismTateBritannica
Giacometti’s “Woman with her Throat Cut” shocks viewersJan 1, 1932Labels: Alberto Giacometti, Femme gorgNatGalsScotU M Library
Dalí creates the “Lobster Telephone” for Edward JamesJan 1, 1936Labels: Salvador Dal, Lobster TelephoneNatGalsScotWikipedia
London’s first major Surrealist exhibition opensJun 11, 1936Labels: International Surrealist, LondonWikipediaFrWiki
Paalen makes “Nuage articulé,” an umbrella assemblageJan 1, 1937Labels: Wolfgang Paalen, Nuage articulWikipediaModernaMuseet
Paris stages the Exposition Internationale du SurréalismeJan 17, 1938Labels: Exposition Internationale, Andr BretonWikipediaMetMuseum
Calder’s “Lobster Trap and Fish Tail” enters MoMAJan 1, 1939Labels: Alexander Calder, Lobster TrapMoMA
Mexico City hosts an international Surrealism exhibitionJan 1, 1940Labels: Mexico City, SurrealismMetMuseumWikipedia
Peggy Guggenheim opens Art of This Century in New YorkOct 20, 1942Labels: Peggy Guggenheim, Art ofGuggenheimWikipedia
Surrealist object-making shifts toward postwar directionsJan 1, 1950Labels: Surrealist object, Postwar influenceBritannicaTate