surrealism

Visual Arts Review: Surrealism — One of America’s Favorite Art “isms”

December 15, 2018
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Despite its serious treatment of surreal art, Monsters & Myths is a real delight.

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Book Review: “Never Anyone But You” — Fiction to Treasure

June 4, 2018
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Rupert Thomson’s Never Anyone But You is a quiet, expert, and inestimably engaging novel.

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Visual Arts Review: Lopsided Partners in Surrealism — Man Ray and Lee Miller

November 25, 2011
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Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism explores the relationship between two of the most celebrated surrealists of the 20th century, but the pattern of influence comes off as revealingly lopsided — the female artist of the pair more often than not inspired the male.

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Theater Review: A Hysterical Meeting of the Minds

January 10, 2011
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Since its debut, the play Hysteria has been advertised as “in the comic tradition of Tom Stoppard,” blithely blending fact and fantasy, real life people and fictional characters into frothy fun. Unfortunately, Johnson is no Stoppard. Hysteria or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis by Terry Johnson. Directed by Daniel Gidron. Presented by…

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