Salvador Dalí, Nature Morte Vivante (Still Life-Fast Moving), 1956. Oil on canvas. Gift of A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse. © 2024 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society. Photo © Daniel Portnoy, 2023.
Salvador Dalí, Nature Morte Vivante (Still Life-Fast Moving), 1956. Oil on canvas. Gift of A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse. © 2024 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society. Photo © Daniel Portnoy, 2023.
Dalí, Surrealism, and Film
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Tickets (Member / Nonmember)
In-Person $28 / $35
Livestream $16 / $20
By the time he collaborated with Luis Buñuel on their first Surrealist film, Un chien Andalou (1929), Dalí had developed some fascinating ideas about photography and cinema in his writings. Take a closer look at some of these ideas, showing how they shaped Buñuel and Dalí’s infamous film, and place Dalí’s ideas about film within the larger context of Surrealism and avant-garde cinema of the 1920s.
Malcolm Turvey, professor, History of Art and Architecture, Tufts University
Course Packages
Purchase a ticket package for the full six-session “Dalí In Context”. Please note that this option is not available after the date of the first session.
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
Ticket Information
To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975 ($6 processing fee applies); to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk.
Livestream Tickets
The livestream ticket gives access to a live feed of the event that can be watched remotely. You must be logged in to the account used to purchase the ticket in order to access the livestream on the Video Content page. Please log in at least 5 minutes before the start of the event to test your connection.
Livestream ticket holders must watch the event live; there is no recording of the event available for viewing at a later time.