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Rising as a rebuttal to fascism, sexism and war in the 1920s and 30s, surrealism was a response to ‘a world gone mad’. As the movement marks its centenary, two new shows are celebrating its past and future

How did the idea of a grotesque, green-skinned, broomstick-riding hag come about? It was a lethal combination of church zealots, the invention of the printing press – and male doctors contemptuous of female healers

Late British painter’s Les Distractions de Dagobert, ‘the apotheosis of Carrington’s oeuvre’, was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch

Les Distractions de Dagobert was the surrealist’s ‘definitive masterpiece’, says Sotheby’s expert in New York

A Monet sold for nearly $35 million at auction Wednesday evening, Sotheby's said, marking a solid start to New York's spring art sales.

The exhibition at La Galerie Dior charts the house’s ongoing collaboration with women artists, particularly under current womenswear creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri

Looking to expand your horizons this summer? We’ve asked our experts to review some of the biggest non-fiction books released this year so far. There are books to expand your knowledge of environmental collapse, others that will give you an insight into the work and lives of creatives like artist…

From brutiful Birmingham to Tracey Emin’s Margate rebirth, from a mind-boggling array of Cézannes to an immaculate seaside skatepark, our critics rank the year’s highlights

Recognition came late for the pioneering British-Mexican artist and feminist, and now the emergence of a private collection has given her work new meaning