Surrealism Now began in 2010 with the support of the Bissaya Barreto Foundation and now to celebrate the fifty years of the Conímbriga Monographic Museum, Santiago Ribeiro has gathered together surrealists from more than 10 countries to exhibit works.
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Galactic Trading Cards
Fantastic Visions interviews Canadian Delvin Solkinson about the Galactic Trading Card Oracle Complex project he initiated. The cards are a way to make Fantastic and Visionary Art in an accessible form, so that people can purchase and have a mobile card sets or micro gallery sets, that they can carry with them or put up on their wall.
Berlin’s Old Masters Displaced by Pietzsch Collection
The Berlin collectors Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch have donated their collection of 150 Surrealist artworks, valued at €120m to the city of Berlin. But the bequest may end up displacing the world famous Old Masters collection in the Gemäldegalerie.
Visionaries – the Art of the Fantastic
VISIONARIES presents 40 participating national and international artists whose work exemplifies the growing genre of art known as Visionary Art. Internationally renowned artist H.R. Giger is represented in the exhibition, along with other exhibiting artists of special note, Ernst Fuchs a founding member of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and Brigid Marlin, founder of the Society for Art of Imagination.
Taboo beinArt Collective Group Exhibition
Last Rites Gallery presents “Taboo”, a group exhibit of works by artists in the beinArt Collective, guest curated by Jon Beinart. “Works featured in this exhibition explore the theme unashamedly, fearlessly and sometimes with humor. Breaking the “taboo”
Lukáš Kándl Permanent Exhibition
For some 20 years Lukáš Kándl has co-operated with the Droit de Regard Gallery, in the center Arcachon, France. Starting with a few small paintings, Lukáš now displays very large artworks and permanently occupies 2/3 of the whole surface area, with a total of about 50 paintings.
Odd Nerdrum Might Paint in Jail
Odd Nerdrum‘s saga with a jail sentence for tax evasion is not over yet. He has written a letter to Norwegian prison authorities asking that he be allowed to serve his prison term from his home.
Odd Nerdrum Loses Court Appeal for Tax Evasion
Odd Nerdrum, considered as one of Norway’s most talented artists, was given an even longer jail sentence than the one he was appealing. Nerdrum, convicted of tax evasion, now faces two years and 10 months in prison.
Agostino Arrivabene in 4 Way Street Exhibition
Agostino Arrivabene is included in the “4 Way Street Exhibition” group show. All of the participating artists are united by a love of painting, color, shape, image and the belief that two-dimensionality is the only territory in which to express their feelings and their world.
Why Visionary Art Matters: An Evening With Brigid Marlin
Master painter and spiritual seeker, Brigid Marlin is the founder of the Society for the Art of Imagination and of the Inscape group of artists. Her talk, “A Brush with Adventure,” begins with a step by step demonstration of the misch painting technique.
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