SURREALISM – The infinite madness of dreams

Until 2 June 2024 it will be possible to admire the works of those who have represented an expressive research that finds in the labyrinths of metamorphosis the propulsive engine of a non-perceivable and mysterious reality: from  René Magritte  to  Salvador Dalì,  from  Joan Mirò to André Masson, from Sebastiàn Matta to Hans Bellmer , from  Man Ray to Paul Delvaux and Leonor Fini, without forgetting the inspiring father of the movement Giorgio de Chirico .

Works from private collections already presented in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad, among which those exhibited in the historic “Dalì” exhibition held in New York, Tokyo and Geneva from 1964 to 1970 stand out, will offer the visitor the opportunity to compare with an artistic season capable of introducing, into our culture, a vision of the world that went well beyond the historical limits of the movement.

In an excursus of poems, letters, films and works of art, the exhibition aims to offer a general overview of a breaking movement considered the last of the historical avant-gardes of the early twentieth century: the appeal to the irrational and the unconscious in opposition to the myth of reason, of objective reality and of tradition, this was Surrealism.

Timetables
From 23 March to 30 April: Saturday and Sunday 10.00 – 17.30
From 01 May to 02 June: closed on Mondays. Open from Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 – 18.00.
Open on April 1st, April 25th and May 1st. Closed at Easter

Tickets
Full price: 8 euros
Reduced: 6 euros (children between 11 and 18 years old, over 65s, groups of at least 15 people, school groups (pupils + teachers; 1 free entry for teachers for every 15 students), guided tour groups composed of minimum 15 people (+3.00 euros for a guided tour to be booked and paid on site to the curator of the exhibition)
Residents: 4 euros
Free : children up to 10 years old, disabled people and 1 companion, group leaders ( 1 free ticket for every 15 paying visitors)

Contacts
Culture Office 0309994161 / Castello 3356960209
cultura@comune.desenzano.brescia.it
desenzanocastello@gmail.com
www.comune.desenzano.brescia.it
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