Gini Alhadeff Reads from André Breton's ’Nadja’
In this episode of Private Life, the writer, translator, and editor Gini Alhadeff reads excerpts from Mark Polizzotti’s recent translation, for NYRB Classics, of André Breton’s 1928 surrealist novel, Nadja. Blending autobiography and fiction, this abidingly strange book recounts, analyzes, and reme…
A prescription for randomness
Rediscovering an André Breton essay about the value of embracing randomness, I realised this has been my life philosophy.
Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzle…
EP054 - Stories Are Everywhere w/ Pete Muller
We duck inside for the first time ever — into the Blanton Museum of Art, because it's pouring in Austin and Pete Muller had the brilliant idea to bring our show into a gallery. Pete is the National Geographic photographer behind BUCKS HARBOR, his five-years-in-the-making debut feature about lobster…
Welcome: Salomon Grimberg on Cover to Cover
Cover to Cover: Jovelyn’s Bistro welcomes art historian and biographer Salomon Grimberg for a conversation on his new book, Jacqueline Lamba: The Forgotten Surrealist. Grimberg—renowned for his scholarship on Frida Kahlo and the Surrealist movement—unearths the life, art, and inner world of Lamba, …
Dawn Ades: Surrealism in Latin America
Dawn Ades is a world-renowned curator and authority on surrealism. She curated the landmark London exhibition Dada and Surrealism In 1978 and the Art in Latin America show in 1989 and was an advisor to the recent major exhibition Surrealism beyond Borders which was shown in New York (2021) and Lond…
Alberto Giacometti: The Boy from the Mountains (Part 1)
Why do many regard the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti as the greatest sculptor of the 20th century? And why did he spectacularly fall out with the leader of the Surrealist movement, André Breton? Join Alastair and James as they explore the austere and often bizarre world of Alberto Giacometti.
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Frida Kahlo: Pain, Passion, and Paintbrush 2/3 — The Anatomy of Pain: From Miscarriage to Revolution
Delve into Frida's most emotionally intense period: the visceral paintings of miscarriage and loss, her adaptation of Mexican folk art, the surrealist label she rejected, her divorce and the iconic Two Fridas, and her affair with Leon Trotsky. This part examines how personal trauma and political en…
André Breton; 2 poems
from Poems for the Millennium Vol.1, ed. Rothenberg & Joris
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Melaine Ferdinand-King, 2026 Rabkin Prize winner
Melaine Ferdinand-King is a cultural strategist, poet, and writer focused on historical and community narratives, and the inaugural curator of the African American Museum of Rhode Island. She is a winner of the 2026 Rabkin Prize. You can read more about Melaine on our website.
We invited Melaine to…
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