Exhibition presenting the art of Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí opens in London

Dalí / Duchamp is the first exhibition to present the art of two of the twentieth century’s most famous artists in exclusive dialogue. Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) and Salvador Dalí (1904– 1989) are usually seen as opposites in almost every respect, yet they shared attitudes to art and life that are manifested in their respective oeuvres on many levels. Taking their friendship as its starting point, the exhibition demonstrates the aesthetic, philosophical and personal links between them. Over 80 paintings, sculptures, ‘readymades’, photographs, drawings, films and archival material bring to life the myriad of connections between the works of these two very different creative and intelligent minds. Dalí / Duchamp is located in Galleries 1, 2 and the Weston Rooms in Burlington House and includes loans from public institutions and private collections across Europe and the US. Duchamp and Dalí met in the early 1930s through mutual contacts in the Surrealist group.