Surreal: art’s weirdest worldview bounces back a century after its birth

Literary and artistic movement enjoying another golden age, with international events and exhibitions

A century ago in the ateliers of Montparnasse in Paris, surrealism was born from the gloom of the first world war that had engulfed and devastated Europe.

The cultural movement led by the French writer and poet Andre Breton would give rise to artists of international renown including Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Rene Magritte, Yves Tanguy, and Salvador Dali.