Jackson Pollock, Troubled Queen (detail), 1945. Oil and alkyd (synthetic paint) on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund and Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge and the Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection. © 2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Jackson Pollock, Troubled Queen (detail), 1945. Oil and alkyd (synthetic paint) on canvas. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund and Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge and the Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection. © 2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Following the Dream: Art in the Wake of Surrealism
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Tickets (Member / Nonmember)
In-Person $28 / $35
Livestream $16 / $20
When Paris fell to the Nazis in 1940, the Surrealists dispersed. Yet their cult of dreams and the unconscious continued to spark creativity internationally. Explore the work of a richly diverse set of artists with affinity to Surrealism, including Frida Kahlo, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso, and Joseph Cornell. In addition, learn about later work by Dalí and his Surrealist counterparts such as Alberto Giacometti, René Magritte, and Joan Miró.
Jonathan Ribner, director of graduate admissions; History of Art and Architecture, associate professor, Late-18th- and 19th-Century European Art, Boston University
Course Packages
Purchase a ticket package for the full six-session “Dalí In Context”. Please note that this option is not available after the date of the first session.
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
Ticket Information
To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975 ($6 processing fee applies); to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk.
Livestream Tickets
The livestream ticket gives access to a live feed of the event that can be watched remotely. You must be logged in to the account used to purchase the ticket in order to access the livestream on the Video Content page. Please log in at least 5 minutes before the start of the event to test your connection.
Livestream ticket holders must watch the event live; there is no recording of the event available for viewing at a later time.