September 18–October 23, 2024

Dalí In Context

Explore the exhibition “Dalí: Disruption and Devotion” through the lens of history, film, photography, and the artists that came before and after the outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí.

Take the full six-session course or choose the lectures that interest you most.

Ticket Packages

Purchase the discounted six-session course package. Please note that this course package is not available after the date of the first session.

Tickets (Member / Nonmember)

In-Person $144/$180
Online $78/102

In-Person Package Livestream Package

Upcoming Events

Lecture

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

By the time he collaborated with Luis Buñuel on their first Surrealist film, Un chien Andalou (1929), Dalí had developed some fascinating ideas about...

Lecture

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

When Paris fell to the Nazis in 1940, the Surrealists dispersed. Yet their cult of dreams and the unconscious continued to spark creativity...

Past Events

Lecture

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

As the medium that has traditionally defined what the “real” looks like, photography can be seen as both the foil and inspiration for the French...

Lecture

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

In typical Freudian fashion, and like many Surrealists, Dalí explained his work as the spontaneous illustration of unconscious processes such as...

Lecture

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

“Dalí: Disruption and Devotion,” juxtaposes Dalí’s iconic works of the 20 th century with paintings and prints from earlier centuries, drawn from the...

Lecture

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

Learn about the political and social developments that gave shape to Spanish history in the 20th century—from the country’s definitive loss of...

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.

Ticketing Policies

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.

Sponsors

Supported by the MFA Associates, MFA Senior Associates, and Weekend Guides in honor of Barbara Martin.