In 1929, Salvador Dalí and Alberto Giacometti were both commissioned to jointly design a garden in Hyères for the viscount and viscountess de Noailles. Completed in the spring of 1931, the garden combined Giacometti’s surrealist sculptures with Dalí’s dreamscapes. In June of that year, at the Galerie Pierre, Dalí came across Giacometti’s wooden sculpture Suspended Ball, and also his model for Project for a Square. He was enthralled. Though the artists had moved in the same circles for some time, a close friendship blossomed in earnest, and Giacometti joined the ranks of the Surrealists. This exhibition recreates the garden where it all began, and presents other important works. Highlights include a reconstruction of Project for a Square, plus Dalí’s The Spectral Cow (1928) and The Memory of the Child-Woman (1932). —Elena Clavarino

Travels to: Kunsthaus Zürich (April 14 – July 2, 2023)