Surrealism, Squid Game, and Scandinavian design

Your digest of the top events, art news and gossip Try 3 months of digital access free – SUBSCRIBE TODAY         Surrealism Beyond Borders Met Fifth Avenue, New York | 11 Oct–30 Jan 2022 From Asia to the Americas – charting the spread of Surrealism across the globe       Van Gogh and the Olive Groves Dallas Museum of Art | 17 Oct–6 Feb 2022 Ten of the olive-tree paintings the artist produced during his time at Saint-Rémy asylum       Scandinavian Design & USA: People, Encounters and Ideas, 1890–1980 Nationalmuseum, Stockholm | 14 Oct–9 Jan 2022 How a wave of immigration at the turn of the 20th century brought Scandi craft to the US       Sutapa Biswas: Lumen Kettle's Yard, Cambridge | 16 Oct–30 Jan 2022 A survey of the Indian-born artist's work begins with her anti-racist activism in 1980s Britain           Oliver Hoare Limited presents The Natural World (until 22 October) ​​| From scholar's rocks to golden spider silk – a display of nature's most marvellous objects   Lehmann Maupin presents Liza Lou 'Desire Lines' (until 6 November) | The Californian artist has combined art, craft and landscape architecture over her 30-year career   Circle Art Gallery presents East African Encounters (until 17 October) | The Nairobi gallery gives an overview of the best contemporary artists working in the region   Black Box Projects presents Adam Jeppesen: Evidence of Absence (until 17 October) | A first solo show in the UK for the Danish artist's richly textured photographs of far-flung places   European ArtEast Foundation presents Franciszka Themerson (until 17 October) | Whimsical monochrome wonders, created by the Polish-born painter and illustrator in the 1960s   Plus: A.I. Gallery: WeiXin Quek Chong | deepdreams_sublimed | Ingleby Gallery: Andrew Cranston and Lorna Robertson: Faces in the Water | Lawrie Shabibi: Ishmael Randall Weeks: Formas Desplazadas | TAFETA: Victor Ekpuk: I am my Ancestors' Essence | Tabari Artspace: Alfred Basbous: Figurative to Abstraction | Athr Gallery: Sara Abdu: I Only Meant To Visit | AB-ANBAR: Douglas Abdell: Reconstructed Trap House | HOA Galeria: Water Marks: We Must Remember (all 13–17 October) | AB-ANBAR: Douglas Abdell: Reconstructed Trap House (13–24 October)   Cromwell Place is a Membership organisation offering a first-of-its-kind exhibition and working space for art professionals. Spanning five Grade II-listed buildings in South Kensington, London, it features 15 gallery spaces and a dynamic programme of exhibitions from a diverse range of international and domestic Members. Book your free visit.         The City of London has reversed plans to remove two statues with slavery links | Biden has named his nominees to chair the NEA and NEH | Mark A. Roglán, director of the Meadows Museum at SMU, has died at the age of 50 | The UK has rejected Unesco's call to negotiate with Greece on the return of the Parthenon Marbles         Why Squid Game looks so strangely familiar     More from Apollo Current issue | Advertise | Podcasts   View this email in your browser   Follow us Apollo Magazine, 22 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP. All Articles and Content Copyright © 2021 by Apollo Magazine. All Rights Reserved. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time. To ensure our emails are delivered to your inbox, please add Apollo to your email address book and safe-sender list.