![]() The Guardian called Angels of Anarchy a “milestone in rediscovering the secret history of the 20 thcentury” ( ). Professor Allmer curated, and edited the catalogue for, the award-winning Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism (Manchester/Prestel, 2009), the first major international exhibition of women artists and Surrealism. The Woman's Art Journal review of the book noted that it is "groundbreaking" offering "new perspectives on female positions and lineages in the history of surrealism" (Andrea Gremels, Spring/Summer 2023) and The Burlington Magazine's review observed that it details "both formal qualities and wider significance with a deep richness." (Karla Huebner, May 2023) Professor Allmer was awarded a 2021/22 Leverhulme Research Fellowship. Her new book The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism after the Second World War is published by Manchester University Press (2022). ![]() Her current research focusses on Germanophone women artists and writers and their intersections with Surrealism. She has been honoured as a 2023 Fellow of the Association for Art History, in recognition of her contribution to these areas. Professor Patricia Allmer is a leading scholar and curator of Surrealism, its modern traditions, and its contemporary legacies, with particular focus on women surrealists and on the work of René Magritte. Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA).Architecture and Landscape Architecture. ![]()
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