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Hal Foster · Tightrope of Hope: Surrealism v. Fascism The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned...

#Surrealism and anti-fascism anthology reviewed:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?

“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...

Heartfield's antifascism as relevant as ever:

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New issue of Dada/Surr now available, free to read and download, on Tristan Tzara and Approximate Humanism

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#dada #TristanTzara

Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada. Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada. - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin, Fotografie, Architektur, Künstler-Archive, Dada Berlin, Neue Sachlichkeit und Osteuropäische Avantg...

Now open at the Berlinische Galerie:

Raoul Hausmann: Vision. Provocation. #Dada.

berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibitio...

Sophie Taeuber with Dada Head, 1920 -by Sophie Taeuber.

John Heartfield, ‘Hurra! Der Panzerkreuzer A ist da!’ [Hooray! The battle cruiser A has arrived!], 1928.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Hilla Rebay Collection © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. by Kurt Schwitters, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Moskovitz

George Grosz, Explosion, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135840

A section of dry wall, taken from a barn on Ambleside, onto which the German artist Kurt Schwitters built a series of abstract concrete and coloured forms in 1947.

Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Hatton Gallery

New Walter Serner translation from @twistedspoon.bsky.social

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In time for Banned Books Week, The Tigress by Walter Serner is now available and on the way to the distributor. Serner's only novel, it's a nihilistic "love story" where a grifter and an escort team up to scam the casino crowd of the Riviera.
More info here:
www.twistedspoon.com/the-tigress....

Didn't know Jack Johnson ever came to London.

#Dada connection: as a fugitive from US marriage law, Johnson 'fought' (thrashed) Arthur Cravan in a mismatch put on for a handsome purse, in Barcelona, 1916.

8 quid from Sainsbury's, decent enough but a bit bland.

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I have a bottle of Dada absinthe, bought from the Cabaret Voltaire in 2016.

It remains unopened.

Dada wine?

www.fincalasmoras.com/en/dada/

Anna Aslanyan | The Censor’s Scissors John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused...

On censorship, with reference to John Heartfield's photomontage practice:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

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One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

#OtD 4 Oct 1884 anarchist poet, essayist, playwright, musician, actor, translator and Dadaist Jun Tsuji was born in Tokyo. Among the works he translated into Japanese is individualist anarchist Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1047...

Suzanne Duchamp | SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT The SCHIRN is dedicating the world’s first comprehensive solo exhibition to the pioneer of the Dada movement, Suzanne Duchamp (1889–1963). The retrospective shows her multifaceted oeuvre as an artist ...

Suzanne Duchamp retrospective coming to the Schirn Gallery in Frankfurt:

www.schirn.de/en/exhibitio...

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Suzanne Duchamp, the Mama of Dada, Made Absurdism Sparkle and Shine Work in her traveling retrospective (Kunsthaus Zurich and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt) perpetuates Dada's playfulness without its wry, cold affect.

On Suzanne Duchamp:

www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

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A Blockbuster Trove of Dada and Surrealist Masterpieces Arrives at the Met Donated by a billionaire trustee, the Bluff Collection features key works by artists like Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp

Met has received the Bluff Collection of #Dada and #Surrelaist works:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...

and set up a research centre into Dada & Surrealism:
www.metmuseum.org/research-cen...

Man Ray: When Objects Dream - The Metropolitan Museum of Art American artist Man Ray (1890–1976) was a visionary known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography, painting, sculpture, and film.

Starting next week at the Met, New York:

Man Ray: When Objects Dream

www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

#Dada #Surrealism #ManRay

#OtD 28 Jul 1887 the French-American artist, painter, sculptor, writer, chess player and anarchist Marcel Duchamp was born. A key figure in the Dada movement, Duchamp helped revolutionise the art world stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1001...

#OtD 8 Jul 1940 Yoshiyuki Eisuke (吉行 エイスケ), Japanese Dadaist poet, novelist and anarchist, died at the age of just 34 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1080...

Coming in November, more #WalterSerner in translation, from @twistedspoon.bsky.social, who have also published his 'Last Loosening':

www.twistedspoon.com/last-looseni...

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“Avec les coupables comme avec leurs complices, avec les justificateurs de la guerre comme avec les falsificateurs de la paix, aucun compromis possible. A l'Europe insensée des régimes totalitaires, nous refusons d'opposer l'Europe révolue du Traité de Versailles même révisé.”

Plakat zur Ausstellung Die Bewegung Dada führt zur Aufhebung des Kunsthandels ERSTE INTERNATIONALE DADA-MESSE

Heute vor 105 Jahren, am 30. Juni 1920, wurde in der Galerie Dr. Otto Burchard in Berlin die von George Grosz,, Raoul Hausmann & John Heartfield organisierte Erste Internationale Dada-Messe eröffnet.

Man sieht einen Raum, in dem viele Menschen sich aufhalten. An der Decke hängt eine Puppe. An der Wand sind viele Gemälde, alles etwas ungeordnet.

Die Erste Internationale Dada-Messe war eine von Dadaisten organisierte Ausstellung vom 30. Juni - zum 25. August 1920 in Berlin. Die Messe war eine Absage an die bürgerliche Kultur. Sie dokumentierte die künstlerische Kreativität, welche die Dada-Revolte freigesetzt hatte.