Is Surrealism still relevant today?

Surrealism remains highly relevant in contemporary art, advertising, film, and digital culture. Its techniques and aesthetic have been absorbed into mainstream visual culture, from music videos to social media filters to AI-generated imagery. Contemporary artists continue exploring Surrealist themes of dreams, desire, the unconscious, and transformed reality through both traditional and digital means. The movement’s questioning of reality feels especially pertinent in an era of deepfakes, virtual reality, and ‘post-truth’ discourse. Genres like Pop Surrealism, Dark Art, and Visionary Art demonstrate Surrealism’s continuing evolution. Surrealism Today is dedicated to discovering and promoting the greatest surrealist and imaginative artists working today, demonstrating the movement’s ongoing vitality.