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The Debutante
Jan 13 min read
Surrealist Centenary: The Debutante's Cultural Highlights of 2024
A century after the publication of the First Manifesto of Surrealism , the revolutionary art movement thrives as a potent force in...
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The Debutante
Dec 29, 20242 min read
REVIEW: ‘The World to Me Was A Secret: Caesious, Zinnober, Celadon, and Virescent’ by Tai Shani
Rachel Ashenden reviews Tai Shani's exhibition at The Cosmic House.
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The Debutante
Apr 17, 20242 min read
Tracing Reality and Fantasy in the Choreography of Suspiria, Hexentanz, and Blaubart
What is reality and what is fantasy? The Surrealist Manifesto (1924) outlines surrealism as a union of ‘conscious and unconscious realms...
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The Debutante
Dec 8, 20233 min read
REVIEW: Surrealism and Witchcraft, LAMB Gallery
In the 1975 inaugural issue of the seminal French feminist journal Sorcières, founder Xavière Gauthier asked, “Why witches?” Half a...
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The Debutante
May 19, 20234 min read
Dreams as a Portal to Feminist Consciousness: The Photomontages of Grete Stern
Grete Stern's seminal series Sueños is currently on view in the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga. In this reflection on the exhibition,...
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The Debutante
Mar 20, 20237 min read
“A lot of my art decomposes on its own, returning to nature where it came from...”
The visual poetry of Melissa Meier’s art: an interview by Mirela Dialeti Brazilian artist Melissa Meier is internationally recognized for...
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The Debutante
Jan 13, 20235 min read
Remembering the 59th Venice Biennale to re-enchant the world
“Don’t try to intellectualize art,” Leonora Carrington said (1). Sacred cosmogonies converse with each other in this hugely spiritual...
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The Debutante
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Weaving Inspiration into Words: A Reflection on Remedios Varo by Rym Kechacha
I wouldn’t like to point to a single work of Remedios Varo and say it’s my favourite, but I will say that the one I return to more than...
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