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	Podcast:		France in focus
	Episode:		The Surrealist Manifesto: Marking a century of avant-garde art
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:30
	Publish Date:		2024-04-22 13:36:10
	Description:		In 1924, French poet André Breton wrote a short text with fellow poet and compatriot Louis Aragon that was to send ripples through the world of art and literature, providing a blueprint for the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. One century later, we take a look at how the Surrealist Manifesto prompted an intellectual and artistic revolution in 1920s Paris; a statement of intent that was to have repercussions far beyond the French capital in the years that followed.
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