The artworks of Remedios Varo, Louise Bourgeois, Mat Collishaw and Rut Blees Luxemburg offer a portrait of the artists' sleepless nights

Chloe Aridjis considers surrealism’s resurgence and how its magical qualities provide a framework for positive transformation

The weightlessness of the iconic film helps alleviate the oppressive pull of reality

A Series on the Senses: Sight

A surprising discovery in the work of Robert Graves unlocks the meaning of the surrealist’s elusive ‘Pig Rush’

The inspirational founder of Germany’s Green Party and her untimely death 

Chloe Aridjis recalls taking tea with the great surrealist in her home in Mexico

The Mexican novelist lists the books that have influenced her