n 2014, The Johnson Museum and Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collectionsexamined the work of Swiss-Amercian surrealist artist Kurt Seligmann. Kurt Seligmann's work is characterized by possesing imageries of medieval people engaged in macabre and santanical rituals. He was also an enthusiast and practitioner of magic himself, and was known for organizing ritualistics gatherings in his home in Paris, also frecuented by other famous artists of the era. The exhibition called "Surrelism and Magic" explored his passion and the passion that other surrealists shared for the occult; with over 125 objects in display the exhibition inluded photographs, video art, letters and ephemera, as well as rare books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXLbiX74ZSYWSKG's summer intern Lory Martinez interviews curator Andrew Wieslogel who explains the genesis of this fantastic exhibit.