The artist on the women Surrealists whose visions of the self, gender, emotion and transformation have influenced her own work
Chloe Aridjis considers surrealism’s resurgence and how its magical qualities provide a framework for positive transformation
The movement never quite took hold in the UK but, as a new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery shows, British culture was – and remains – deeply surreal
Contemporary art’s resurgence of interest in magic has a powerful art-historical precedent
A surprising discovery in the work of Robert Graves unlocks the meaning of the surrealist’s elusive ‘Pig Rush’
The current appetite for historical, underrecognized female artists is welcome but urgent work still needs to be done
At the Barbican Gallery and the De la Warr Pavilion, two exhibitions focus on the nature of collaboration and the role of creative influence
A new film by Josh Appignanesi shot entirely on VHS, creates a portrait of novelist Chloe Aridjis and surrealist Leonora Carrington
Eileen Myles’s new memoir of her dog has much to say about being human
Chloe Aridjis recalls taking tea with the great surrealist in her home in Mexico
