MoMA: THE SURREALIST BOOK – TOMORROW LIVES IN MIRRORS

Ubu Gallery is taking part in an exciting new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors traces the beginnings of artists’ books created in the 1920s by Surrealism’s most innovative artists such as André Breton and Claude Cahun, to the medium’s lasting influence through the 1960s. The exhibition is open October 4, 2026 – January 23, 2027, and further information can be found here.

Claude Cahun
Le Coeur de pic (‘The Heart of Spades’)
Lise Deharme, Paris: José Corti 1936
Hard-bound volume reproducing twenty (20) photographs by Cahun,
accompanied by a handwritten letter and four (4) original typewritten poems
10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (26.8 x 20.6 cm)
Dedicated “De tout mon coeur à Paul (Eluard) le coeur de pic, son amie Lise Quilaime”
(CAHU 47)

FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE: THE OTHER FACE OF THE AVANT-GARDE

Ubu Gallery is pleased to take part in an exhibition The Other Face of the Avant-Garde which is held in Fundación Mapfre from 22 September 2026 to 10 January 2027. Further information can be found here.

Unica Zürn
Guten Abend mein Ungleuck wie geht es Dir?
Ich kegle in Dir um das unentwegte Beugen
[“Good Evening Bad luck, How Are You?” “I Control In You the Constant Bending”] ca. 1958
Ink on paper laid down on buff stock
(torn anagram drawing reassembled by Hans Bellmer)
11 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (28.3 x 19.1 cm) – drawing
13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm) – stock
Signed on recto
(ZURN 137)

Installation images courtesy of Fundación Mapfre ©Alberto Carrasco

DICTATION FROM THE OTHER SIDE CURATED BY LAURA WHITCOMB

Works by Unica Zürn are featured in the exhibition Dictation from the Other Side curated by Laura Whitcomb at Karma, Los Angeles.
For more information click here.

Unica Zürn
Untitled
1966
Ink on paper
11 x 7 5/8 inches (28 x 19.5 cm)
Signed & dated on recto
(ZURN 12)

ORGANGRINDER – GROUP EXHIBITION CURATED BY RYAN M. PFEIFFER

Works by Pierre Molinier from Ubu Gallery are included in ORGANGRINDER, a group exhibition curated by Ryan M. Pfeiffer at M. LeBlanc. For more information click here.

Pierre Molinier
Oh!…Marie, mère de Dieu!
[Oh!…Mary, Mother of God!”] 1965
Vintage gelatin silver print
6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (16.8 x 12.1 cm)
Title stamped on verso
(MOLI 56)

HANS BELLMER AT THE MET GALA 2026

A dress inspired by the work of Hans Bellmer has made its Met Gala debut. Cardi B’s dress, created by designer Marc Jacobs, pays homage to the artist’s “La Poupée,” which were life-sized adolescent female dolls constructed and photographed between 1934 and 1936. The Met’s Costume Art exhibition, which was the jumping off point for this year’s Gala, also features a Bellmer work as it seeks it explore the relationship between art, dress, and the body. Costume Art runs from May 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027, and further information can be found on the Met’s website here.

Hans Bellmer
La Poupée [“The Doll”] (p. 78, top right, variant)
1935
Hand-colored vintage gelatin silver print
3 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches (9.2 x 6.3 cm)
(BELL 106)

NEW HUMANS: MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE AT NEW MUSEUM

A new exhibition is opening at the recently expanded New Museum. New Humans: Memories of the Future features over 150 artist in this inaugural exhibition, including drawings by Unica Zürn from Ubu Gallery. It traces the concept of “humanity” in the 20th and 21th centuries, as influenced by the drastic changes in technology and society. The exhibition opens on March 21st, and further information can be found here.

Unica Zürn
Untitled (double-sided drawing) ca. 1960
Ink on paper
11 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (30.2 x 21.6 cm)
Numbered in pencil on each side
(ZURN 146)

BELLMER NAUMAN PONDICK: MATERIAL DESIRE AT NUNU FINE ART

Ubu Gallery is pleased to collaborate on a new exhibition with Nunu Fine Art and Sonnabend, New York. Bellmer Nauman Pondick: Material Desire opens on March 6 focuses on three artists that use the body as subject and material to explore the implications of the psychic self. The exhibition continues until May 30, 2026 and further information can be found here.

Hans Bellmer
La Poupée
(“The Doll”)
1935
Vintage gelatin silver print
2 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches (6.7 x 6 cm)
(BELL 264)

HARKAWIK: PHOTOS ON FRIDGES

Ubu Gallery is pleased to take part in an exhibition at Harkawik’s New York location. The gallery’s Photos on Fridges features the fridge, a humble yet necessary household appliance, as a pedestal for art. The works featured here are intimate- photographs of bodies, homes, and other parts of everyday life. The exhibition continues until January 4, 2026, and further information can be found on Harkawik’s website here.

Hans Bellmer
Study for Histoire de l’oeil [“Story of the Eye”], by Georges Bataille
1946
Vintage gelatin silver print
2 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches (5.4 x 5.4 cm) – image
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches (8.3 x 5.7 cm) – sheet
(BELL 272.10)

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART – DREAMWORLD: SURREALISM AT 100

Ubu Gallery is pleased to take part in Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100. Hosted by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this exhibition arrives at its only stop in the United States after Centre Pompidou and three other European venues. It will feature over 200 works celebrating the 1924 publication of Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism”, including books and collages by Hans Bellmer, Claude Cahun, Georges Hugnet, and Jindřich Štyrský. The exhibition is slated to run from November 8, 2025 to February 16, 2026. Further information can be found on the museum’s website here.

Hans Bellmer
La Poupée 2
[“The Doll”] 1936
Maquette with (23) twenty-three original photographs
Original binding conceived by Georges Hugnet and executed by Louis Christy
4 7/8 x 4 x 1 7/8 inches (12.4 x 10.2 x 4.8 cm)
Signed, dated & dedicated “à Georges Hugnet comme signe de mon admiration et de mon amitié. Hans Bellmer 1937”
(BELL 394)

KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART: SEEDS OF REGIONALISM

Ubu Gallery is pleased to contribute to a new exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Seeds of Regionalism – The Clauss Legacy: Early Modernism in the South honors Alfred and Jane West Clauss, and focuses on their groundbreaking 1939 project, “Little Switzerland.” The exhibition continues until November 9, 2025 and further information can be found on the museum’s website here.

Alfred Clauss
Three (3) Chair Drawings
Red – 7 1/2 x 13 6/8 inches (19.1 x 34.9 cm)
Black – 7 1/2 x 14 2/8 inches (19.1 x 36.2 cm)
Yellow – 11 2/8 x 14 2/8 inches (28.6 x 36.2cm)
(CLAU 3)