# The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London makes Dalí a public lecture-and-object in Britain

Date: 1936

## The fact

In June 1936 the International Surrealist Exhibition in London presented [Dalí](/people/salvador-dali) works and a public lecture.

It is one event.

## 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. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

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.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Tate Surrealism public history and Britannica independently date the 1936 London exhibition.

Official or archival record: Tate — Salvador Dalí (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/salvador-dali-971; Tate).

## Significance

A 1936 London hanging increased geographic access to Surrealist objects.

London 1936 is not Franco 1948.

A 1936 London hanging increased geographic access to Surrealist objects.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1936 London International Surrealist Exhibition including Dalí. Not established: a unique UK literacy series.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Salvador Dalí.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Salvador Dalí: https://factrail.ai/people/salvador-dali

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/salvador-dali-971
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Dali

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/dal-london-1936