The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London makes Dalí a public lecture-and-object in Britain
In June 1936 the International Surrealist Exhibition in London presented Dalí works and a public lecture. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In June 1936 the International Surrealist Exhibition in London presented Dalí works and a public lecture.
Context
A diving suit can be a stunt and a door.
Salvador Dalí’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
The Burlington Galleries exhibition (opening June 1936) included Dalí objects and a diving-suit lecture. Organisers (Moore, Read, Mesens) shared the show. Public British access to Surrealism is the path; stunt is a polarising sibling not stored here as welfare.
Why it matters
A 1936 London hanging increased geographic access to Surrealist objects.
London 1936 is not Franco 1948.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Salvador Dalí
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London makes Dalí a public lecture-and-object in Britain
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 11 June 1936 · verified
A 1936 London hanging increased geographic access to Surrealist objects.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Tate — Salvador DalíTate · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Salvador DalíEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Tate Surrealism public history and Britannica independently date the 1936 London exhibition.
Established: 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition including Dalí. Not established: a unique UK literacy series.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSalvador Dalí
- contributed toFactThe 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London makes Dalí a public lecture-and-object in Britain
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London makes Dalí a public lecture-and-object in Britain. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-london-1936
https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-london-1936
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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