DOROTHEA TANNING (1910 – 2012)
This website aims to serve as an introduction and tribute
to Dorothea Tanning’s extraordinary life and work as both
a visual artist and a poet. It is an ongoing project of
The Dorothea Tanning Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving the artist’s legacy.
Exhibitions
"Surrealism & Duchamp," Moderna Museet, Stockholm, March 27, 2013 - January 5, 2014, including Don Juan's Breakfast (1972).
Upcoming:
" The Encyclopedic Palace," 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 1 - November 24, 2013, featuring Self-Portrait (1944) and The Truth About Comets (1945).
"Georges Visat, el ojo surrealista Paris 1940-1990,”
Mexico Munae (museo nacional de la estampa), Mexico City, August 8 - November 24, 2013.
"El Surrealismo y el sueño (Surrealism and the Dream)," Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, October 8, 2013 - January 12, 2014.
"Joseph Cornell and the Surrealists in New York," Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, October 18, 2013 - February 10, 2014.
Publications
Gallery Wendi Norris has published a fully illustrated, 80-page catalogue for the exhibition "Dorothea Tanning: Unknown but Knowable States" with an essay by Catriona McAra, PhD.
Dorothea Tanning on artnet Monographs
The Dorothea Tanning catalogue is part of artnet.com's Monographs series, a free online educational resource.
Chiens de Cythère (Dogs of Cythera), 1963
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Même les jeunes filles (Even the Young Girls), 1966
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Midi et demi (Half Past Noon), 1957
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Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202), 1973
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L'Education sentimentale (Sentimental Education), 1988
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Portrait de famille (Family Portrait), 1954
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Table Tragique (Tragic Table) from Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1973
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Canapé en temps de pluie (Rainy-Day Canapé), 1970
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Tableau vivant (Living Picture), 1954
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L'Heure mauve (The Mauve Hour), 1965
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Convolotus alchemelia (Quiet-willow window), 1998
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