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TIL that Gertrude Stein was a Nazi collaborator in Vichy France
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A lot of people from that modernist movement were real awful. In addition to being a Nazi collaborator, Stein was also big time into Zionism and spoke fondly of the illegal kibbutzes in Palestine. I'm a lot more interested in the post modern responses to modernism in Surrealism and Dadaism. Of the two I lean way harder into Dadaism.
Also before you go diving into any of those movements, please note: Salvador Dali was a fake ass phony and is not all that representative of surrealism.
I’m curious to hear your reasons that Dali is a phony.