"I am self-taught and ignorant, but my knowledge is that of a magician."
Bona de Mandiargues, Bonaventure
(Paris 1977), p. 62
Bona de Mandiargues, painter and writer, is one of the leading figures of “feminine” Surrealism, today finally taking center stage among critics and the public.
On view
ART BASEL PARIS
October 2026 @GRAND PALAIS, PARIS
INDEPENDENT 20TH CENTURY | BONA DE MANDIARGUES
September 2026 @SOTHEBY'S AT THE BREUER, 945 MADISON AVENUE,
NEW YORK
NOW OPEN: THE ARMORY SHOW
September 2026 @JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK
New in print
Bona de Mandiargues by Sibylle de Mandiargues
The first book published in English introducing the life and work of Bona de Mandiargues (1926–2000).
Together with figures such as Leonora Carrington, Meret Oppenheim, and Dorothea Tanning, Bona is now regarded as one of the key protagonists of female Surrealism.
