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The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Surrealism: The Conjured Life, featuring more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs from the MCA Collection that demonstrate the deep currents that Surrealism sent through the international art world—and especially through Chicago—since its emergence in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition highlights major works by those now considered “classical” Surrealists—including Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, René Magritte, and Remedios Varo—and works by major artists working today, many Chicago-based, who are inspired by …