Freud and Dalí: The 1938 London Meeting Explored at Freud Museum

The Freud Museum in London presents 'Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus,' an exhibition centered on the 1938 meeting between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dalí, organized by Stefan Zweig. Dalí, then 34 and recently married to Gala, had just completed 'The Metamorphosis of Narcissus,' a painting inspired by Freud's psychoanalytic theories. Freud, who had just arrived in London from Vienna, was skeptical of the Surrealists, whom he called 'cranks,' but was persuaded by Zweig. The exhibition displays correspondence between Freud, Dalí, and Zweig, including letters and a pencil portrait of Freud by Dalí. Freud's only comment on the painting was that he sought not the unconscious but the conscious in Dalí's work, stating that the mystery manifests openly. The show runs until February 24, 2019, at the Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London.