Tampere Art Museum

Surrealism – A Collective Dream, featuring Marco Brambilla 8.2.–10.8.2025.

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Tue–Fri 10am–6pm
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Adult 13 €
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33230 Tampere, Finland
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Wed 30.4. 10am-4pm
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Photo: Penny Slinger: Bitter Lemons, 1973 © Penny Slinger / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Courtesy of Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody

Penny Slinger: I Speak What I See, 1973/2024. Edition: 3/3 + 2 AP © Penny Slinger / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Courtesy of the artist

Surrealism – A Collective Dream

Tampere Art Museum’s large-scale international exhibition displays Surrealism’s visions of reality as the movement celebrates its centenary and presents encounters between its pioneers and prominent contemporary artists. Central themes include identity, gender, technology and mental health viewed from different perspectives.

The exhibition examines Surrealism and its impacts from the 1920s to the present day. The works of the original Surrealists engage with the interpretations of succeeding generations. The dialogue between these works shows that Surrealism is not just an historical movement, but rather one whose influence extends up to the present day. The themes and subjects of the avantgarde seem more topical today than ever.

Featuring Marco Brambilla

The exhibition, which is divided thematically into six sections with over 100 works, presents the diversity of Surrealist art: paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs and films.

As part of the Surrealism exhibition, media art by Marco Brambilla, an Italian-born artist based in London, will be shown in the Nordic countries for the first time. His work Heaven’s Gate (2022), featured in Tampere, has been regarded as a commentary on American maximalism and the onslaught of imagery, serving as a kind of metaverse or hyperreality for our time.