Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World with Alyce Mahon

Art historian Alyce Mahon gives a talk on surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning, author of the study Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World.

The Women's Art Collection hosts a talk by Alyce Mahon, author of Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World, a study of the American artist's seventy-year career and her transformative impact on post-war Surrealism. Mahon, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Cambridge, traces Tanning's life from Illinois to Paris, Arizona and New York and her circle including Max Ernst, Lee Miller and Man Ray. The evening runs for an hour, followed by a drinks reception and book signing.