Surrealism is well and alive even if the people in the formal movement are not here anymore or it is not exactly following the original manifesto. The search for creation, dreams, etc are what drives many artists (and scientists...). Probably one difference is the context of Surrealism, after WWI, happenning also while WWII, Spanish Civil War, etc. Those were strong moments to live in mixing art, politics, etc, and also bohemianism beyond capitalism.
I also find strong links between surrealism and curiosity in general, don't know why Marcel Duchamp [1] is not mentioned there but he was some kind of polymath and art was another tool on his box.
Duchamp eschewed labels, and his work was too conceptual for the Surrealists who were rooted in a fairly traditional pictorial aesthetic.
Duchamp didn’t publish almost any art in his last decades, but his posthumously unveiled final work is absolutely worth seeing in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It’s surprising and unique and hard to explain in words. (One day, centuries from now, I imagine/hope there will be a constant crowd in the museum just waiting for their turn to peek at the ancient Duchamp, like for Mona Lisa today…)
I also find strong links between surrealism and curiosity in general, don't know why Marcel Duchamp [1] is not mentioned there but he was some kind of polymath and art was another tool on his box.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp