DALI: PAINTING & FILM
Opened October 14 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘Dali: Painting & Film’ is the first exhibition ever to focus on the profound relationship between the paintings and films of famed surrealist Salvador Dali. Perfectly placed in the city that popularized the medium, the exhibition argues Dali’s personal engagement with cinema–as a fan, a screenwriter, a filmmaker, and an art director–was fundamental to his understanding of modernism and deeply affected the different stages of his career. Dali is widely regarded as one of the most outrageous artists of the twentieth century and his paintings are among the most recognizable works of art made in the last one hundred years. And, as the exhibition reveals, his collaborations with Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Walt Disney also created some of the most memorable and influential scenes in avant-garde and mainstream cinema. ‘Dali: Painting & Film’ features approximately one hundred works from collections around the world, including a significant number of paintings. These will be seen alongside Dali’s major film projects including Un Chien andalou, Spellbound, and Destino.
Runs 14 October – 2 January.