Feature written for BBC Culture on three new exhibitions on Surrealism (below) and how surrealist art expresses the trauma of fascism.

Link to publication: These five bizarre Surrealist artworks are not what they seem

Surrealism is at the Pompidou Centre in Paris until 13 January 2025.

But live here? No thanks: Surrealism and Anti-fascism is at the Lenbachhaus in Munich until 2 March 2025.

The Traumatic Surreal is at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds until 16 March 2025.

Image: Screenshot featuring Personal Values by René Magritte (1957) (Credit: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/ Katherine Du Tiel/ Adagp, Paris, 2024)