100 Years of Dreams: Surrealism Turns a Century

In 1924, the poet André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto, launching a movement devoted to dreams, desire and the unconscious mind. In 2024, its centenary was celebrated with major exhibitions in Paris, Brussels and beyond.

Surrealism gave the world melting clocks, floating apples and impossible dreamscapes — the art of Dalí, Magritte, Ernst, Carrington and many more, who sought to unlock the irrational and overturn the everyday.

A century on, its influence is everywhere, from advertising to cinema to social media. The anniversary celebrated a rebellion that taught art to dream out loud.

Image: “The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch High Resolution” — Hieronymus Bosch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.