Cathy's Art Diary

Stunning exhibition at Eames Fine Art of the complete set of prints by Salvador Dali for Dante’s   Inferno. I think I had seen these once before in Barcelona but it was real treat to find them again on a walk along Bermondsey Street. The works have a real sense of being by Dali but respond sympathetically to the text. Sadly the planned book was never printed but the prints stand as an art work on their own. Closed 18 May 2025

Interesting exhibition at the Royal Academy looking at the friendship between Salvador Dali and Marcel Duchamp. By the end of their careers these two artists seemed to by doing very different work to each other but the show traced their friendship and how they often examined similar themes in their work. They seem to have shared a similar sense of humour laced with scepticism and a shared interest in topics such as optics and language. The first room was stunning with examples of their early work including a lovely hang of portraits by both artists of their fathers. There was also an almost impressionistic picture by Dali. The next room had a huge display cabinet in the middle with examples of their sculptural work shown without labels but with a handout to identify the works. It made use of mirrors to give a surreal feel to the display but it did cause one punter (me) to walk into a reflection on themselves! I became less engaged in the later rooms. They included Duc...