Leonora Carrington, ≤i>Sisters of the Moon, Fantasia ≤/i>(1933). Courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris.
Leonora Carrington, Sisters of the Moon, Fantasia(1933). Courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris.

Halloween is nearly here, and while some might might be scrambling to assemble last-minute costumes, or sketching out their perfect jack-o-lanterns, we here at the Artnet Gallery Network have been busy exploring the thousands of available artworks to find the creepiest, most hair-raising spook-tacular artworks for this All Hallows Eve. 

Luckily for us, many artists are inspired by the dark side of the imagination and we’ve turned up all manner of things that go bump in the night, from Surrealist 20th-century visions to mysterious photographs. For those of us who like to keep things a bit more creepy-crawly year round, on the Artnet Gallery Network, you can discover hundreds upon hundreds of goosebump-giving artworks. 

Below we’ve picked out 10 works that have us in that have us in the spooky spirit!

 

Mary Sibande
To Everything There is a Season
Kavi Gupta
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Mary Sibande, To Everything There is a Season (2019). Courtesy of Kavi Gupta.

 

Leonora Carrington
Down Below (1940)
Gallery Wendi Norris San Francisco
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Leonora Carrington, Down Below (1940). Courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris San Francisco.

 

Jerry Schatzberg
Halloween (1954)
Nikola Rukaj Gallery
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Jerry Schatzberg, Halloween (1954). Courtesy of Nikola Rukaj Gallery.

 

Macauley Norman
Things We See Towards the End (2020)
Deep Space Gallery
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Macauley Norman, Things We See Towards the End (2020). Courtesy of Deep Space Gallery.

 

Rudolf Schlichter
Apocalyptic Scene (ca. 1945)
Kunkel Fine Art
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Rudolf Schlichter, Apocalyptic Scene (ca. 1945). Courtesy of Kunkel Fine Art.

 

Peter Hujar
Boys in Car, Halloween (1978)
Albert Merola Gallery
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Peter Hujar, Boys in Car, Halloween, 1978. Courtesy of Albert Merola Gallery.

 

Gregory Crewdson
Production Still (Esther Terrace 02) (2006)
Craven Contemporary LLC.
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Gregory Crewdson, Production Still (Esther Terrace 02) (2006). Courtesy of Craven Contemporary LLC.

 

Amandine Urruty
Outside (2018)
Magma Gallery
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Amandine Urruty, Outside (2018). Courtesy of Magma Gallery.

 

Daniel Knorr
First Ghost (2019)
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
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Daniel Knorr, First Ghost (2019). Courtesy of Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.

Robert Mars
A Chance To Move Ahead (2020)
Pop International Galleries
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Robert Mars, A Chance To Move Ahead (2020). Courtesy of Pop International Galleries.