Max Ernst: Surrealism, Art, and Film

Max Ernst: Surrealism, Art, and Cinema at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid offers a unique journey through the life and career of Max Ernst, combining pieces in different media: paintings, sculptures, collages, frottages, illustrated books, and photographs, all selected for their connections to the seventh art. An innovative and unprecedented approach to the work of the famous German surrealist artist.

Produced by Sold Out and the Círculo de Bellas Artes in collaboration with Madeinart, and curated by Martina Mazzotta and Jürgen Pech, the exhibition reveals the most relevant aspects of Max Ernst’s life and work in relation to cinema. In fact, filmmaking represents a parallel and ever-present path in the artist’s extensive career, which connected many people and artistic groups and offered original perspectives throughout seven decades of the 20th century, greatly enjoying experimentation.

This is the first time that an exhibition on Max Ernst has been presented with this particular focus, as a result of unprecedented research.