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Salvador Dali

Installation view of the Dalí / Duchamp Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, showing Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach by Salvador Dalí

RA Exhibitions

6 months ago

Video: Salvador Dalí in 60 seconds

Tim Marlow gives a quick introduction to Salvador Dalí, the Spanish surrealist who became the first art superstar of the television age – and whose surprising friendship with Marcel Duchamp is currently in the spotlight at the RA.

Robert Descharnes, Marcel Duchamp with Gala and Salvador Dalí outside the Bar Melitón. Cadaqués, August 1958

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> 1 year ago

Odd couples: Artists you never knew were friends

In autumn 2017, we explore the little-known relationship between two of modern art’s greatest masters – Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp. Here, we take a look at their peculiar friendship, and five other artist pairs you would never have guessed.

Detail of a letter from Dorothea Tanning to Joseph Cornell, 1945-1965, undated

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> 2 years ago

From Dalí to Warhol: Joseph Cornell’s artist friends

Often misunderstood as an outsider, Cornell’s contacts read like a Who’s Who of the New York art scene. The curator of our exhibition introduces the gang.

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