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This picture marked an early turning point for Tanning, who was coming into her own as a member of the Surrealist group in New York. Birthday depicts the artist as both a flesh-and-blood individual and a guide to an imaginary realm. Tanning creates the...

This picture marked an early turning point for Tanning, who was coming into her own as a member of the Surrealist group in New York. Birthday depicts the artist as both a flesh-and-blood individual and a guide to an imaginary realm. Tanning creates the...

This picture marked an early turning point for Tanning, who was coming into her own as a member of the Surrealist group in New York. Birthday depicts the artist as both a flesh-and-blood individual and a guide to an imaginary realm. Tanning creates the...

To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a  history of seekers, but our journey of...

First discovered, celebrated and published by the Surrealists at the age of 14 (they declared her the “new Alice”), Gisèle Prassinos quickly found herself established in the literary world as a fount of automatic tales freighted with transgressive humor...

Noah Davis began with a humble aspiration: ‘to represent the people around me’. Born in Seattle in 1983, he made LA his chosen home, where he worked to capture the intricacies of contemporary Black life with tenderness and depth. Beloved as a painter,...

The Last Things explores the artifacts of an American archeological present. The work in this series depicts vernacular forms of architecture, signage, images, and objects that were hastily made in a rush for attention, or abandoned in place after their...

The Little Deck of Dreams is your guide to interpreting the hidden messages of your dreams.   This beautifully illustrated deck of 50 cards provides insight into the symbolism and meaning behind common dream themes and types, including recurring...

A lively history of the Surrealists, both known and unknown, by one of the last surviving members of the movement—artist and bestselling author Desmond Morris. Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life,...

An exciting collection of the essential writings of surrealism, the European avant-garde movement of the mind’s deepest powers Originating in 1916 with the avant-garde Dada movement at the famous Café Voltaire in Zurich, surrealism aimed to unleash the...

The Short Story of Photography is a new and innovative introduction to the subject of photography. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key photographs from the first experiments in the early 19th century to digital photography. The design of the...

Piece together the artists, poets and muses behind the movement that turned the art world on its head and then pushed it through the looking glass.  Wander the abandoned streets of a Giorgio de Chirico city and follow Salvador Dalí's moustache and...

Bring the fun to mealtime with this set of 40 interactive coloring placemats that make dinner a drawing adventure, featuring black-and-white line art from beloved author and illustrator Eric Carle. These placemats offer fun scenes to color in as well as...

 A play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives by Claudia Rankine, the author of Citizen The White Card stages a conversation that is both informed and derailed by the black/white American drama. The scenes in this one-act...

Julie Pierre is the founder and designer of Paper Shaper by Julie. Informed by this centuries old art form, she incorporates the art of paper quilling into beautiful pieces of wearable art. Paper Shaper by Julie has developed a modern and original take...

Noah Davis began with a humble aspiration: ‘to represent the people around me’. Born in Seattle in 1983, he made LA his chosen home, where he worked to capture the intricacies of contemporary Black life with tenderness and depth. Beloved as a painter,...

Based in North Philadelphia, Paige Sato is the woman behind m.a.b.e.l -- 'makers always bring extra love'. Paige transforms damaged vintage quilts into contemporary garments and multi-use accessories. Initially, her goal was the end result—a fabulous...

For the art lover: Vincent van Gogh as a keyring.  A perfect reminder of your Sunflower experience. Great for house keys or backpacks! Each piece is handmade and fair trade produced; therefore, each product may differ slightly in color and size...

While he waited for Paul Gauguin to join him in the Provençal city of Arles in 1888, Vincent van Gogh painted five audaciously decorative still life's of sunflowers in simple earthenware jugs. At least two of these canvases decorated Gauguin's bedroom...

Taking inspiration from the museum’s encyclopedic collection, local Philadelphia maker The Painted Lily has created small artworks on beautiful, tumbled marble tiles. Whether hanging on your wall, decorating your desktop or bookshelf, or as a coaster for...